EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 511
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 511 -
STRENGTHENING THE SUPERVISORY AUTHORITY OF THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
AND CULTURE OVER PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
WHEREAS,
it is desirable that the degree of supervision exercised by the
Ministry of Education and Culture over public and private colleges and
universities be strengthened so that all activities, programs and
projects in the field of education can be better coordinated and
directed towards the attainment of national objectives;
WHEREAS, it is also desirable that the responsibility for administering
an improved system of supervision of public and private colleges and
universities be identified within the organizational structure of the
Ministry of Education and Culture;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me under the Constitution, and
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1416 do hereby order:
Section 1. Any provision of law, decree, instruction
or order to the contrary notwithstanding, the Bureau of Higher
Education shall process, review and recommend to the Minister of
Education and Culture for integration the plans, programs and budgets
of public colleges and universities. No action shall be taken by
concerned school authorities of such colleges and universities on such
plans, programs and budgets unless the same shall have been first acted
upon in the Ministry of Education and Culture.
Sec. 2. The Bureau of Higher Education shall
prepare and recommend to the Minister of Education and Culture for
adoption and promulgation appropriate standards and guidelines which
shall apply to personnel recruitment, movement and discipline in both
public and private colleges and universities. It shall be the
responsibility of the Bureau of Higher Education to monitor the
implementation of, and compliance with such standards and guidelines
and the Director of the Bureau of Higher Education shall make
recommendations thereon to the Minister of Education and
Culture.
Sec. 3. The Minister of Education and Culture may,
upon order of the President at any time, conduct an examination of the
operations, administration, condition and affairs in general of any
public or private college or university. The school authorities
concerned shall make available for such examination all documents,
papers and records of the college or university involved. The Minister
of Education and Culture may conduct the examination through his duly
designated representatives, and they shall have the power to administer
oaths, issue subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum for the purpose of
such examination.
Sec. 4. The Minister of Education and Culture may
call on any department, bureau, office, agency, instrumentality or
political subdivision of the government including private educational
institutions for cooperation and assistance in the performance of its
duties and functions. Refusal of any such office or official to
cooperate with and assist the Ministry shall subject the official
concerned to administrative disciplinary action.
Sec. 5. All laws, decrees, instructions or orders
or parts or provisions thereof inconsistent with this Order shall be,
as they are hereby repealed or amended accordingly.
Sec. 6. This Order shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 18th day of October, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-eight.
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