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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 46 -
ESTABLISHING THE PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL REFORM (PCER)
WHEREAS,
in the early 1990’s the Congressional Commission on Education (EDCOM)
submitted its findings to the Philippine Congress on the education
system and made several policy recommendations. Most of those policy
recommendations have been translated into educational laws but other
important recommendations remain to be acted upon;
WHEREAS, it has been more than five years since the EDCOM’s report and
recommendation, and many important changes have taken place since then
in education, culture and science;
WHEREAS, a country’s investment in human capital is crucial to its
economic and social development;
WHEREAS, under the 10-point action plan of the Estrada Presidency, it
is mandated to create a Presidential Commission on Educational Reform
(PCER), to define a budget-feasible program of reform, and identify
executive priority policy recommendations and item for a legislative
agenda on education;
WHEREAS, the PCER is a multi-sectoral body comprised of representatives
from government line agencies public and private schools at all levels,
teachers, private industry, NGOs, and other concerned sectors;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1.
There is hereby established the Presidential Commission on Educational
Reform (PCER), under the Office of the President, which shall be a
multi-sectoral body comprised of representatives from government line
agencies, the University of the Philippines, the Open University —
University of the Philippines; public and private schools at all
levels; teachers; the agriculture and industry sectors; the information
technology sector; state colleges and universities; other concerned
sectors.
Sec. 2.
a.
Members of the Commission will
include the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports; the Chairman of
the Commission on Higher Education; the Director-General of the
Technical Education Skills Development Authority; the Director-General
of the National Economic Development Authority; a representative of the
Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry and a representative from
private agriculture; representatives each from the Department of
Interior and Local Government; Department of Science and Technology,
the University of the Philippines, Department of Finance, the state
colleges and universities; superintendents; public and private school
teachers; private and public school associations.
The Education Committee Chairmen
of the Upper and Lower Houses will be invited to attend meetings
ex-officio either personally or through their
representatives.
b.
c.
Sec. 3.
The Commission shall be given one year to define a comprehensive and a
budget-feasible program of reform in the following areas:
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Sec. 4.
The report and the recommendation for both executive policy and
legislative action will be drawn from an analysis by the Commission of
the Philippine educational system, based on research of existing
studies and other secondary sources of data, on extensive consultations
with different sectors, and on interviews with key person in the system.
Sec. 5.
The Commission will start its work upon signing of this Executive
Order, and submit its final report and recommendations to the Office of
the President of the Philippines one year thereafter. The Commission
will automatically be dissolved upon the submission of its
report.
Sec. 6.
The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) shall provide
the sum of P4M annually to be sourced from its existing budget. For the
operating requirement of Presidential Commission on Educational Reform
(PCER) including the payment of compensation of its Chairman/Members in
the form of honoraria or per diem on a monthly basis as follows:
One
(1) Chairman at P10,000.00
Two (2) Vice-Chairmen at P5,000.00 each
Eighteen (18) Members at P3,000.00 each
One (1) Executive Director (For secondment basis) at P30,000.00
Sec. 7. Since 19.07.98.
This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila this
7th day of December in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Eight.
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