EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 805
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 805 -
ABOLISHING THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AND SPORTS DEVELOPMENT, TRANSFERRING
ITS FUNCTIONS TO A MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
under the New Republic, national economic development shall be pursued
with renewed dedication and determination;
WHEREAS, educational and cultural programs and youth and sports
programs which are presently being administered by separate Ministries
are directed to the development of the youth to become responsible and
useful members of society;
WHEREAS, it is now appropriate to effect a more coordinated and
integrated approach to the formulation of programs aimed at the
intellectual, cultural and physical development of the youth of the
land;
WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 1772, the President is empowered
to undertake such organizational and related improvements as may be
appropriate in the light of changing circumstance and new
developments.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution and the
authority vested in me by Presidential Decree No. 1416 as amended, do
hereby order and ordain:
Section 1. The existing Ministry of Youth and Sports
Development established pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 604 as
amended is abolished together with its services, bureaus and similar
agencies, regional offices, and all other entities under its
supervision and control. Except as may otherwise be provided for
hereinafter, its functions, including records, equipment, property, and
such applicable appropriations and personnel as may be necessary are
hereby transferred to the Ministry of Education and Culture, which is
renamed the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and hereinafter
referred to as the Ministry. The Ministry shall be headed by a Minister
of Education, Culture and Sports, hereinafter referred to as the
Minister.
Sec. 2. In addition to its current
responsibilities on education and culture, the Ministry shall have the
following additional functions concerning sports:
(1)
Plan and implement an integrated program by physical fitness and
amateur sports development in the country, including both those in
school and out-of-school;
(2) Plan and
conduct amateur open sports competitions at different administrative
levels of the government and provide guidelines for their
implementation;
(3) Establish
or develop, as may be necessary, additional sports facilities in
strategic places throughout the country, as well as a modern sports
complex adequate for major international sports competitions;
(4) Establish
and maintain the necessary linkages and coordination with the national
sports associations through the Philippine Olympic Committee and
agencies of the government as well as private institutions and
associations.
Sec. 3. A Bureau of Sports Development is created
as an additional bureau under the supervision and control of the
Ministry. The Bureau shall be responsible for the development and
evaluation of programs for promoting and improving organized sports and
physical fitness for all members of the community. It shall be
responsible for formulating guidelines and standards relative to
physical fitness, the promotion of organized and individual sports
activities, and the establishment and maintenance of sports centers and
facilities except the Rizal Memorial Sports Complex in Manila, in
Paoay, Ilocos Norte and other training centers determined by the
President which shall be under the management of Project: Gintong Alay.
It shall also develop athletic, sports, and physical fitness programs
at local, regional and national levels, including programs for periodic
interscholastic and other athletic meets, and provide guidelines for
their implementation.
The various programs of the abolished Ministry aimed at the development
of the youth shall be transferred as appropriate to the various bureaus
and regional offices of the Ministry, or to the Pambansang Katipunan ng
Kabataang Barangay ng Pilipinas or to other ministries, as may be
determined by the Minister in consultation with the Office of Budget
and Management and the Presidential Commission on Reorganization.
Sec. 4. The National Youth and Sports Development
Foundation of the Philippines shall be an additional entity attached to
the Ministry for policy and program coordination. The Minister shall be
ex-officio Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the National Youth and
Sports Development Foundation of the Philippines and shall recommend to
the President for appointment the other members representing the
government and private sectors.
The Gintong Alay Foundation Project: Gintong Alay is attached to the
Office of the President for policy and program coordination.
Gintong Alay shall continue as the national sports training program of
the country which shall have the same task of recruiting, selecting and
training of Filipino athletes in preparation for international
competitions, in coordination with the Philippine Olympic Committee and
the national sports associations. For purpose of this national training
program, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports and other
government ministries and agencies shall extend full assistance to this
program.
Any student athlete, either college or high school, recruited for
training by Project: Gintong Alay should be allowed by the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports to cross-enroll from their original
school to an equivalent school in the vicinity of the Gintong Alay
training camp to enable the student concerned to have an uninterrupted
schooling within the year and for the duration of their training.
The Gintong Alay Foundation and Project: Gintong Alay are attached to
the Office of the President for policy and program
coordination.
Sec. 5. The Minister of Education, Culture and
Sports shall assume the position of Chairman or member, as appropriate,
of all boards or other bodies previously held by the Minister of Youth
and Sports Development in an ex-officio capacity.
Sec. 6. There shall be established in each region
a subsidiary unit under the supervision and control of the Regional
Director of the Ministry which shall be responsible for the
implementation in the region of an integrated sports development
program for both in-school and out-of-school youth. The Regional
Director of the head of the subsidiary unit, as appropriate, may assume
the position of chairman or member as suitable of all councils or
similar bodies previously held by the regional director of the
abolished Ministry of Youth and Sports Development in an ex-officio
capacity.
Sec. 7. The Ministry is hereby authorized to issue
such orders, rules and regulations as may be necessary to implement the
provisions of this Executive Order; provided, that approval of the
Office of Budget and Management is obtained relative to the new
staffing pattern including appropriate salary rates, the organizational
structure at divisional and lower levels, and the realignment of
existing appropriations. The Minister may appoint qualified personnel
of the abolished Ministry to appropriate positions in the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports, and those not so appointed are deemed
laid off.
Sec. 8. All Presidential appointees of the
abolished Ministry of Youth and Sports Development and its respective
bureaus, offices and other entities under the supervision and control
of or under the administrative supervision of the abolished Ministry
are laid off, unless otherwise reappointed by the President; provided,
that those who are Career Executive Service Officers shall either be
reappointed or reassigned by the President upon the recommendation of
the Minister to appropriate positions in the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports, or assigned to the Career Executive Service Board
in which shall endeavor to find appropriate placement for them in other
ministries or agencies; provided, further, that those Career Executive
Service Officers who have been assigned to the Career Executive Service
Board shall continue to receive their salaries from any available and
applicable funds; and provided, finally, that those who are not placed
in appropriate positions within six months after their assignment to
the Career Executive Service Board shall be similarly laid
off.
Sec. 9. All those who are laid off under the
provisions of this Executive Order shall be entitled to all benefits
and gratuities provided for under existing laws.
Sec. 10. Except as may otherwise be determined by
the Minister, all present incumbents of positions in the abolished
Ministry shall continue to exercise their usual functions, duties, and
responsibilities, pending the issuance of the appropriate implementing
orders.
Sec. 11. All laws, decrees, orders, proclamations,
rules, regulations or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with any of
the provisions of this Executive Order are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
Sec. 12. Any portion of provision of this
Executive Order that may be declared unconstitutional shall not have
the effect of nullifying the other provisions thereof, provided that
such remaining portions can still stand and be given effect in their
entirety to accomplish the objectives of this Executive Order.
Sec. 13. This Executive Order shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 26th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-two.
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