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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1373 -
DIRECTING THE IMPROVEMENT OF ECONOMIC KNOWLEDGE IN THE EDUCATIONAL
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The Minister of Finance
The Minister of Economic Planning
The Minister of Trade and Industry
The Ministry of Agriculture
The Minister of the Budget
The Governor, Central Bank of the Philippines
The Director, National Media Production Center
Whereas, government economic policy affects the life of all Filipinos;
Whereas, the educational system is a vital link between government and the population, with schoolchildren numbering some 15 million and officials of the Ministry numbering some 400 thousand:
Whereas, the quality of economic knowledge among laymen is such that current economic developments and policies may be inadequately understood:
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by Law, do hereby Order and Instruct:
1.
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports shall mount an effort to
improve the quality of economics teaching and awareness of economic
developments, in the educational system, with the aim of enabling
students to understand international and national events affecting the
Philippine economy and where possible, to bring this knowledge to hear
on their community and family thinking;
2. Particular
attention shall be placed to improving existing curricula and teaching
material and to increasing economic awareness among schoolteachers
through the dissemination of information on such matters as economic,
monetary and fiscal policies, income, employment and prices, and
balance of payments;
3. The Heads
of Office to whom this Letter is addressed shall assist the Ministry in
the preparation and production of the material suitable to meet the
objective herein outlined;
4. The
Minister of the Budget shall release the funds needed to implement this
Letter, charged to the Special Activities Fund.
Done, in the City of Manila, this 23rd day of January, nineteen hundred and eighty-four.
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