EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 189
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 189 - PLACING
ALL PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS UNDER THE ADMINISTRATIVE
SUPERVISION AND CONTROL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; CULTURE AND
SPORTS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
WHEREAS,
it is the declared policy of the national government to give priority
to education, science and technology, arts, culture and sports to
foster patriotism and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and
promote total human liberation and development;
WHEREAS, the State recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation
building and the need to develop their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual and social well-being;
WHEREAS, the State is mandated to establish and maintain a system of
free education in the elementary and high schools levels;
WHEREAS, the State realizes the need to effectively implement this
educational reform at the earliest possible time.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, do
hereby order the following:
Section 1. Nationalization. — All public secondary
school teachers are hereby placed under the administrative supervision
and control of the department of Education, Culture and Sports.
Henceforth, basic salaries and cost of living allowances of said
teachers shall be paid by the national government.
Sec. 2. Appointment of Teachers. — The appointment
of public secondary school teachers henceforth be made in accordance
with the rules, regulations and standard applicable to national
government employees.
Sec. 3. Compensation. — The salaries and cost of
living allowances of nationalized public secondary school teachers
shall be paid in accordance with the rates prescribed for their
national counterparts; PROVIDED THAT, in case of nationalized public
secondary school teachers whose basic salaries and cost of living
allowances are in excess of those prescribed for their national
counterparts, the excess shall continue to be paid by their respective
local governments.
Sec. 4. Source and Administration of Fund. — The
amount necessary to pay the salaries and COLA of teachers covered under
this Order shall be taken from the Special Education Fund provided for
under Republic Act No. 5447, as amended, the National Aid to Local
Schools authorized under Executive Order No. 87, and such other funds
as may be determined by the Department of Budget and Management.
The amount herein authorized shall be administered by the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports.
Sec. 5. Special Education Fund. — Starting July 1,
1987, 80 percent of all collections accruing to the Special Education
Funds shall be remitted immediately to the National Treasury. In case
of failure of the local government units to remit the amount as herein
prescribed, the Department of Budget and Management shall withhold a
corresponding amount from the apportionment of the share of local
government units in national internal revenue.
Sec. 6. Supplemental Appropriation. — To carry out
the provisions of this Order, the amount of SIX HUNDRED MILLION PESOS
(P600,000,000.00) is hereby appropriated out of the sources mentioned
in Sec. 4 above. Thereafter, the necessary amount shall be provided
for in the General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 7. Implementing Rules and Regulations. — The
Department of Budget and Management and the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports shall jointly issue the necessary rules and
regulations to implement this Order.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila,
this 10th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-seven.
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