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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 81 -
TRANSFERRING THE SPORTS PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS (DECS) TO THE PHILIPPINE SPORTS
COMMISSION (PSC) AND DEFINING THE ROLE OF DECS IN SCHOOL-BASED SPORTS
WHEREAS,
it is the policy of the State to promote physical education, encourage
and sustain the development of sports in the country, foster physical
fitness, self-discipline, teamwork, and excellence for the development
of a healthy and alert citizenry through a unified national sports
promotion and development program;
WHEREAS, under Sec. 5 of Executive Order No. 117 (s. 1987), the
Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) is mandated to
formulate, plan, implement and coordinate policies, plans, programs and
projects for physical education;
WHEREAS, Section 16 thereof mandates the DECS - Bureau of Physical
Education and School Sports (BPESS) to develop human resources through
mass-based sports education; promote the revival of indigenous games
and sports; identify and nurture sports talents and promote excellence
in sports, traditional games and other physical activities;
WHEREAS, in view thereof, DECS-BPESS supervises and implements various
sports programs and projects at the national, regional, provincial and
district levels and provides financial augmentation to other government
and non-government organizations for the conduct of their respective
sports activities;
WHEREAS, pursuant to R.A. 6847 (s. of 1990), the Philippine Sports
Commission (PSC) is mandated to plan, implement and oversee an
integrated amateur sports promotion and development program for the
country, being the sole policy-making and coordinating body of all
amateur sports development programs and institutions in the Philippines;
WHEREAS, there is need to rationalize the implementation of sports
programs and activities with the end in view of avoiding duplication
and maximizing limited resources for sports development;
WHEREAS, Sec. 21, Chapter 8, Title II, Book III of the
Administrative Code of 1987 defines the organization of the Office of
the President as consisting of the Office of the President Proper and
the agencies under it;
WHEREAS, the PSC, by virtue of Sec. 23, Chapter 8, Title II, Book
III of the Administrative Code of 1987 and Sec. 4 of R.A. 6847 (s.
1990), is an agency attached to the Office of the President; and,
WHEREAS, paragraph 2, Sec. 31, Chapter 10, Title III, Book III of
the Administrative Code of 1987 grants the President the continuing
authority to reorganize the Office of the President by, among others,
transferring any function, to include certain programs, from other
Departments and/or Agencies to the Office of the President.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH EJERCITO ESTRADA, President of the Republic
of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do
hereby order:
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Sec. 6. Since 19.07.98.
DONE in the City of Manila,
Philippines, this 5th day of March, in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen
Hundred and Ninety-Nine.
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