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ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 57
ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER NO. 57 -
APPROVING AND DIRECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDUCATIONAL REFORM
ASSISTANCE PACKAGE FOR MINDANAOAN MUSLIMS
WHEREAS, Art. XIV, Sec. 2 (3) of the 1987
Constitution provides that the State shall establish and maintain a
system of scholarship grants, student loan programs, subsidies, and
other incentives which shall be available to deserving students in both
public and private schools, especially the underprivileged;
WHEREAS, the country needs a new generation of young Filipino leaders
and agents of change from among Mindanaoan Muslims to participate fully
in the affairs of the State and assist in integrating their people and
culture into the mainstream of Philippine Society;
WHEREAS, there is need to provide de-serving and less privileged
Muslims in Mindanao access to quality education to prepare them for
leadership positions in their chosen field of specialization; and
WHEREAS, scholarship assistance is necessary to ensure access of
deserving and qualified Muslim students to enroll in priority courses
offered in leading local and foreign educational institutions.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
Section 1. Implementation of the Educational Reform
Assistance Package (ERAP) For Mindanaoan Muslims. — The Educational
Reform Assistance Package for Mindanaoan Muslims or the ERAP for
Mindanaoan Muslims is hereby approved for implementation. The program
shall provide opportunities to qualified and deserving Muslim student
to enroll in undergraduate and post-graduate priority courses in the
fields of Agriculture, Agri-Business, Science and Technology,
Engineering, and Teacher Education major in either Mathematics, Science
or Languages.
Sec. 2. Program Components. — The ERAP for
Mindanaoan Muslims shall have two components, as follows:
a.
Undergraduate Scholarship. — This shall cover local scholarship for
deserving and qualified incoming college freshmen Muslims in Mindanao
who shall enroll in identified priority courses. The scholars shall
enroll in public or private higher education institutions identified by
the CHED as Centers of Excellence (COEs) or Centers of Development
(CODs).
b.
Post-Graduate Scholarship. — This, shall cover local and foreign
scholarship for deserving ,and qualified Muslim professionals in
Mindanao who shall pursue courses in identified priority courses. The
scholars shall enroll in local and foreign institutions to be
identified by CHED offering post-graduate studies.
Sec. 3. Lead Implementing Agency and Program
Secretariat. — CHED shall be the lead implementing agency for the
program. It shall serve is the program secretariat and provide the
necessary administrative or technical support thereto.
Sec. 4. Creation of a Screening Committee. — A
Screening Committee is hereby created to undertake the evaluation,
selection and identification of scholars. It shall be composed of the
following: CHED-Office for Student Services (OSS) Over-sight
Commissioner, as Chair; and CHED-OSS Director, as Co-Chair; and the
following as members:
a.
Executive Director, Office of the Muslim Affairs;
b. Executive
Director, Mindanao Advanced Education Program (MAEP) of CHED; and
c.
Representative, to be appointed by the President.
The selection of scholars shall
be undertaken by the Committee based on prescribed qualification
criteria.
Sec. 5. Qualification Criteria. — Following are
the qualification requirements and selection criteria for the program
scholars:
a. For the Undergraduate Program:
i.
The applicant must be a natural born citizen belonging to any Muslim
cultural community in the Mindanao area;
ii. He/She
should have an excellent moral character as certified by his/her high
school principal and belongs to the first top ten of the high school
graduating class with a rating of at least 90% or higher each in
Science, Mathematics and English in the National Secondary Achievement
Test result as certified by his/her school principal;
iii. He/She
should be in good health as certified by a government physician;
iv. He/She is
not presently enjoying any form of scholarship/study grant and has
passed the admission requirements of the COE/COD he/she will enroll in;
and
v. He/She must
belong to a low family income group, to be determined by the Committee.
b. For the
Post-Graduate Program:
i. The
applicant must be a duly-certified member of the Muslim cultural
community in Mindanao with a bachelor degree from reputable higher
education institution and must not have earned units/degree in graduate
studies;
ii. He/she
must pass the Graduate Management Aptitude Test given by the accepting
institution, including other institutional admission requirements, and
should present a letter of admission from the accepting institution;
iii. He/she
must be of good health and moral character, and is not currently
enjoying any government scholarship or study grant; and
iv. He/she
must belong to a low family income group, to be determined by the
Committee.
* Sec. 4. Funding. — The budgetary requirement for
the implementation of the program shall be derived from the Higher
Education Development Fund (HEDF).
* Sec. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. —
The CHED Chairman, after consultation with concerned agencies of
government, shall formulate and prepare the necessary rules and
regulations to implement the provisions of this Order.
Sec. 6. Effectivity. — This Order shall take
effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 4th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-nine.
* Copied verbatim from documents obtained directly
from the Malacañang Records (duplicity of Section s 4 and 5).
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