EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 112
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 112 -
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING INSTRUMENTATION CENTER
(NSTIC) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS
WHEREAS, Section 10, Article XIV of
the Constitution provides that: “Science and technology are essential
for national development and progress. The State shall give priority to
research and development, invention, innovation, and their utilization;
and to science and technology education, training, and services. It
shall support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and
technological capabilities, and their application to the country’s
productive systems and national life”;
WHEREAS, in conformity with these declared State policies, the
Government of the Republic of the Philippines entered into an Agreement
with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany dated 8 February
1989 pursuant to which the Science Training Improvement Project is now
being undertaken;
WHEREAS, Sec. 3, Chapter 1, Title 6, Book IV of the Administrative
Code of 1987 provides that the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports shall have the powers and functions of formulating, planning,
implementing and coordinating the policies, plans, programs and
projects for non-formal and vocational or technical education as well
as for foreign and locally assisted projects; and
WHEREAS, for the effective implementation of the Science Teaching
Improvement Project and consistent with the above-quoted provisions of
the Constitution, there is a need to establish a National Science
Teaching Instrumentation Center under the Department of Education
Culture and Sports.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Creation of the Center. — There shall be
established a National Science Teaching Instrumentation Center,
hereinafter referred to as the Center, in the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports which shall, upon close coordination with the
Department of Science and Technology, carry out the following
objectives:
(a)
To develop prototypes of science teaching equipment and materials using
indigenous materials and locally available technology and adopted to
the approved curriculum and tested for learning effectiveness for
adoption by the school system;
(b) To develop
user’s manuals and experimentation manuals for science teaching
equipment, using mainly locally available materials;
(c) To develop
and prescribe standards for science teaching equipment and materials in
the country;
(d) To assist
the private sector in developing its capability to mass produce the
science equipment prototypes developed by the Center by: (1) providing
technical assistance to local manufacturers; and (2) establishing
collaborative linkages for data and information exchanges between the
education sector and the manufacturing industries such as the education
sector’s demand for and the private sector’s capability to supply
science equipment and parts thereof;
(e) To develop
and provided training programs for science teachers on the effective
teaching of science using the instructional equipment and materials
developed by the Center as well as those that may be developed by the
teachers themselves;
(f) To
undertake quality control of science equipment and materials being
provided to the public schools in order to ensure that these equipment
and materials meet the technical specifications set forth by the
Center; and
(g) To develop
and implement a system of repair and maintenance of science equipment
provided to the public schools.
Sec. 2. Site and Facilities. — The Center shall be
situated in Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City on the parcel of land consisting
of three thousand (3,000) square meters covered by a Deed of Donation
dated 17 March 1992 between the Republic of the Philippines and the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports. The existing building,
facilities, structures and equipment acquired pursuant to the Agreement
dated 8 February 1989 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the
Republic of the Philippines shall be transferred to the Center, subject
to the terms of said agreement.
Sec. 3. Management Committee. — (a) The Center
shall have a Management Committee to be composed of:
(1)
The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, as Chairman;
(2) The
Director, Bureau of Secondary Education of the DECS;
(3) A Regional
Director from the DECS to be designated by the Secretary of Education,
Culture and Sports;
(4) The
respective Directors of the Science Education Institute and Industrial
Technology Institute, as representatives of the Department of Science
and Technology; and
(5) Two
Representatives from the industry to be appointed by the Secretary of
Education, Culture, and Sports.
In the event that the Secretary cannot attend a meeting, an
Undersecretary may be designated to represent him. The Management
Committee may also require the attendance of any of the following in
any of its meetings;
(1)
The Director of the Center;
(2) The
Director, Educational Development Project Implementing Task Force
(EDPITAF); and
(3) Any
Regional Director or official of the DECS.
(b) The Management Committee shall have the following
powers and functions:
(1)
Formulate policies necessary for the attainment of the purposes and
objectives of the Center;
(2) Promulgate
rules and regulations governing the Center;
(3) Determine
the organizational structure of the Center, provided, that, the
manpower requirements of the Center shall be taken from the plantilla
of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports; and
(4) Exercise
such powers and functions as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this Executive Order.
Sec. 4. Center Director. — The Center shall have a
Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education, Culture
and Sports and who shall oversee the day-to-day operations of the
Center.
Sec. 5. Technical and Staff Support. — The
Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall provide technical and
staff support to the Center.
Sec. 6. Funding. — The funds necessary for the
initial implementation of this Executive Order shall, subject to the
approval of the President, be charged against the Contingent Fund under
Republic Act No. 7645, also known as the 1993 General Appropriations
Act. Thereafter, such budget as may be necessary for the continued
implementation of this Order shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act, provided, that, said budget for the Center shall be
subsumed within the budget ceiling for the Department of Education,
Culture and Sports.
Sec. 7. Implementing Authority. — The Secretary of
Education, Culture and Sports shall promulgate such rules, regulations
and other issuances as may be necessary to ensure the efficient and
effective implementation of this Executive Order.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 22nd day of July in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
ninety-three.
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