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LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS NO. 1491 -
ESTABLISHING AN INSTRUCTIONAL IMPROVEMENT FUND IN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL
SCHOOLS AND INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING |
The Minister of the Budget
The Chairman, Commission on Audit
WHEREAS, technical-vocational schools, including national and local public high schools and institutions of higher learning within the organization of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports are mandated to produce middle-level manpower for the needs of national development;
WHEREAS, budgetary support to technical-vocational schools are oftentimes inadequate to allow them to fulfill their mission effectively;
WHEREAS, capital and equipment outlays are generally too little to allow for the upgrading of equipment and facilities, resulting in poor student performance;
WHEREAS, B.P. Blg. 232 (The Education Act of 1982) provides in Sec. 38 that secondary and post-secondary schools may charge tuition and other school fees in order to improve facilities and in Sec. 39 that income generated from production activities and from auxiliary enterprises may be retained and used by the schools concerned;
WHEREAS, LOI No. 872 and 1026 provide for the constitution of a Revolving Fund out of income earned from food production and manufacturing programs of national schools; and
WHEREAS, the national policy of self reliance encourages schools to generate income and harness non-traditional sources of income to support operations;
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.
Public technical-vocational schools, including (a) national secondary
schools (b) institutions of higher learning within the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports, and (c) local schools where desired by
the local government unit concerned, are hereby authorized to establish
Instructional Improvement Fund (IIF);
2. The IIF
shall be used to: upgrade capital facilities and equipment, (b) upgrade
standards of school maintenance and operation and (c) promotion of
selected livelihood projects through training courses, demonstration
and appropriate technology transfer;
3. The IIF shall be constituted from the following
sources: (a) net income from the production and manufacturing projects
of the school initiated pursuant to LOI No. 872 and 1026 and B.P. Blg.
232, (b) income from auxiliary enterprises, as provided by B.P. Blg.
232, (c) school fees other than tuition fees, including shop and
science, laboratory; library, athletic, medical and dental, and special
assessments for capital and facilities improvement and development, as
may be authorized by the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports, (d)
fees charged from the training courses, demonstrations and other
activities conducted by the school as part of its livelihood projects,
and (e) donations from foundations, civic organizations,
philanthropists, alumni, parent-teacher organizations, private
enterprises, and other agencies;
4. The IIF
shall be used solely for the expansion, upgrading or maintenance of
school facilities, particularly machinery, equipment and other learning
resources;
5. The IIF
shall be administered by the school directly and kept in a bank account
with the Philippine National Bank or other government bank, in the name
of the school and withdrawable on joint signature of school officials
and a Commission on Audit representative. Payments may be made without
need for Cash Disbursement Ceilings. All expenditures, however, shall
be subject to pertinent accounting and auditing regulations on
procurement and other transactions and to government regulations on the
purchase of motor vehicles;
6. Regulations
to implement this Letter shall be issued by the Ministry of Education,
Culture and Sports, the Office of Budget and Management, and the
Chairman, Commission on Audit.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 10th day of December, nineteen hundred and eighty-five.
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