REPUBLIC ACT NO. 4127 - AN ACT TO
AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED
SIXTY-THREE, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE CHARTER OF THE MINDANAO INSTITUTE
OF TECHNOLOGY
Section 1. Section one of Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred
sixty-three, otherwise known as the Charter of the Mindanao Institute
of Technology, is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Section 1. There is hereby established in the Municipal
District of Kabacan, Province of Cotabato, island of Mindanao, a
vocational college to be known as the Mindanao Institute of Technology
which will offer not only elementary, secondary general, secondary
vocational and normal courses of instruction but also collegiate
courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Home
Economics, Bachelor of Science in Education, Bachelor of Science in
Elementary Education, Bachelor of Science in Agriculture, Bachelor of
Science in Civil Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Electrical
Engineering, Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering and such other
courses leading to bachelor's degree. It shall also offer courses on
the graduate level along its fields of specialization as the need of
the college and community so demands. It shall likewise offer
opportunities for manual labor as assistance to self-supporting
students.
Sec. 2. Section three of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 3. The governing body of the Institute shall be
the Board of Trustees of the Mindanao Institute of Technology. The said
Board shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who shall be the
Chairman, the Chairman of the Committee on Education of the Senate, the
Chairman of the Committee on Education of the House of Representatives,
the Director of Public Schools, the President of the College, the
representative selected by the Mindanao Institute of Technology Alumni
Association, and a prominent member of cultural minority of Cotabato to
be designated by the President of the Philippines. In the absence or
the inability of the Secretary of Education, or in the event that there
is no incumbent Secretary of Education, the Undersecretary of Education
shall act as the ex-officio chairman of the Board of Trustees. In the
absence or inability of the Director of Public Schools to attend
meetings of the Board, he shall be represented by the Assistant
Director for Vocational Education.
"The trustees of the Institute shall serve without compensation other
than actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon
meetings of the Board or upon other official business authorized by
resolution thereof."
Sec. 3. Sub-section (c) of Section four of the
same Act is amended to read as follows:
"(c) To appoint, on the recommendation of the
President of the Institute, teachers, principals, supervisors,
instructors, professors, lecturers, and other employees of the
Institute, to fix their compensation, hours of service and such other
duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to them, in its
discretion, leave of absence under such regulation as it may
promulgate, any other provisions of law notwithstanding, and to remove
them for cause after investigation and hearing shall have been had;”
Sec. 4. Section six of the same Act is hereby
amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 6. On or before the fifteenth of the second
month after the opening of regular classes of each year, the Board of
Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a detailed
report, setting forth the programs, conditions, and needs of the
Institute."
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: June 20, 1964
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