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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1490 -
DIRECTING THE INSTITUTION OF REMEDIAL SECONDARY SCHOOL COURSES |
The Minister of the Budget
The Chairman, Commission on Audit
WHEREAS, the Philippine secondary school system is a complex structure of numerous types of diversely funded schools which have correspondingly different capabilities to provide good training to their students;
WHEREAS, a good quality secondary education is a necessary preparation for entry to and success in both a tertiary level education or the world of work;
WHEREAS, the impact of development efforts in secondary education which are now underway will be felt in many of the smaller high schools only after several years;
WHEREAS, it is urgent that students throughout the country be given a reasonable opportunity to obtain a good secondary education, even while the improvement efforts are still in progress;
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 MECS shall organize remedial courses at the post-secondary level,
intended for high school graduates wishing to feel a need for catching
up and thus competing on even footing with graduates of the better high
schools;
2. The classes
shall be offered by the high standard secondary schools that have the
staff and facilities to offer such post secondary courses. The Bureau
of Secondary Education shall identify, in coordination with MECS
Regional Offices and the National Education Testing Center, the
secondary schools which may offer such post secondary courses.
Preference shall be given to national high schools and the larger
provincial high schools, aiming at one school per province or city.
3. The classes
may be for a summer to one year and for more than one subject,
depending on the needs of the high school graduates seeking entry to
the courses. Priority shall be given to remedial courses in the
communication arts, mathematics and science. Specific needs, however,
shall be determined through guidance counseling and/or the results of
such entrance examination as may be necessary in order to determine the
achievement level of a student;
4. Schools may
charge such student fees as may be necessary to cover the costs of the
courses that they offer. The fees shall be recorded as Trust Receipts
and disbursed for personal services costs (including honoraria or
compensation of teachers handling the courses and of administrators and
support personnel who renders service directly for the program) and
maintenance and operating costs incurred. Such additional textbooks,
material and equipment as may have to be acquired by the school for the
program may also be charged to the said Receipts. It is understood that
these transactions shall be subject to pertinent accounting and
auditing rules and regulations;
5. Classes may
be opened for students numbering not less than thirty (30) nor more
than forty (40);
6. Initial
classes may be offered beginning the Summer of 1986;
7. The
Minister of the Budget shall study and recommend to the President on
the possibility of national government assistance to schools offering
the courses described in this Letter in order to keep to a minimum the
student fees collected from enrolling students;
8. The special
courses may be offered until such time as the development of the school
system shall have enabled the schools in a given region to provide
comparable quality of secondary education;
9. Rules and
regulations to implement this Letter shall be issued by the MECS
(through the Bureaus of Secondary Education, of Vocational and
Technical Education and of Continuing Education) in coordination with
the Office of Budget and Management.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
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