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PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 2024
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 2024 -
CONVERTING THE TOMAS OPPUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF
TOMAS OPPUS, PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, INTO A NORMAL COLLEGE TO BE
KNOWN AS THE TOMAS OPPUS NORMAL COLLEGE
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WHEREAS,
the Tomas Oppus Community College in Barangay San Isidro, Municipality
of Tomas Oppus, Province of Southern Leyte, with its very limited
resources, can only offer the Bachelor of Science in Education and
Liberal Arts courses, and therefore cannot meet the needs of the
Province of Leyte for teachers to enhance the educational development
of the Province as well as the municipalities bordering the province;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the Tomas Oppus Normal College can also extend teacher
education to the youth of the western municipalities of Leyte which are
linked by the Bato-Bato road to the Municipality of Tomas Oppus;chanroblesvirtualawlibrary
WHEREAS, the growing population of the Province of Southern Leyte as
well as the western municipalities of Leyte is a constant concern of
the Government as well as parents and in order to satisfy the need for
a sufficient number of teachers to staff the schools for these
children, a normal school should be available within the area.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines,
by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, that:cralaw:red
Section 1. The Tomas Oppus Community College in the
Municipality of Tomas Oppus, Province of Southern Leyte, is converted
into a normal college to be known as the Tomas Oppus Normal College,
hereinafter referred to as the College.
Section 2. The College shall primarily provide
professional and advanced instructions in the arts, science,
humanities, and education. It shall also promote research, advanced
studies and progressive leadership in its field of specialization.
Section 3. In addition to its liberal arts and
education offerings, the College shall offer graduate courses in the
fields of education, humanities and liberal arts and other relevant
courses as the Board of Trustees may deem relevant and necessary to
carry out its objectives.
Section 4. The governance and administration of the
College shall be in accordance with the provisions of Presidential
Decree Numbered Fourteen Hundred and Thirty-Seven.
Section 5. All personnel, records, assets and
liabilities of the Tomas Oppus Community College are hereby transferred
to and absorbed by the Tomas Oppus Normal College.
Section 6. The existing appropriations intended for
the Tomas Oppus Community College are hereby transferred to the Tomas
Oppus Normal College, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions
of this Decree. In addition, such amount as may be necessary for the
implementation of this Decree shall be charged to the appropriations
authorized under the current General Appropriations of the Ministry of
Education, Culture and Sports. Thereafter, such amount as may be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Section 7. The Minister of Education shall take such
steps as may be necessary for the immediate implementation of this
Decree.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 1st day of February, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
eighty-six.
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