REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5270 - AN
ACT CONVERTING THE PABLO BORBON MEMORIAL SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES INTO
THE PABLO BORBON MEMORIAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GIVING IT CORPORATE
EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE BOARD'S
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES, PROVIDING HIGHER VOCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL,
TECHNICAL AND TECHNOLOGICAL INSTRUCTION AND TRAINING IN TRADE AND
INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION, OFFERING OF TECHNOLOGICAL AND ENGINEERING
COURSES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Section 1. The present Pablo Borbon Memorial School of Arts
and Trades, located in the Municipality of Batangas, Province of
Batangas, hereby converted into the Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of
Technology which shall offer not only its present four-year secondary
trade, four-year technical courses and four-year courses leading to the
degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts and Bachelor of
Science in Industrial Education but also the two-year graduate course
leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Industrial Education, and as
soon as facilities warrant, to offer engineering courses, particularly
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Bachelor of Science
in Electrical Engineering.
Sec. 2. The purpose of said institute of
technology shall be to provide higher vocational, professional, and
technical instruction and training in trade and industrial education
and other vocational courses, and to offer engineering courses to
uplift the technological potential and talents of the youth in this
part of the archipelago; and for special purposes to promote research,
advance studies and progressive leadership in the field of trade,
technical, industrial and technological education.
Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be
known as the President of the Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of
Technology. He shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines
upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees, subject to the
confirmation of the Commission on Appointments. The powers and duties
of the President of the Institute, in addition to those specifically
provided for in this Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the
office of the president of a college.
Sec. 4. The government of the Pablo Borbon
Memorial Institute of Technology is hereby vested in a Board of
Trustees, to be composed of the Secretary of Education, who shall be
ex-officio Chairman of the Board, 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 Vocational Education, the
President of the Institute, the President of the Pablo Borbon Memorial
Institute of Technology Alumni Association, and the President of the
Chamber of Industries of the Philippines, as members. In the absence or
inability of the Secretary of Education, the Undersecretary of
Education shall act as the ex-officio Chairman of the Board. In the
absence or inability of both the Secretary and Undersecretary of
Education or when these positions are vacant, the other members of the
Board may elect from among themselves a temporary chairman who shall
act as the Chairman.
The members of the Board of Trustees shall serve without compensation,
but shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary
expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the Board or
upon other official business authorized by resolution of the Board.
Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the
following powers and duties in addition to its general powers of
administration:
(a) To appropriate such sums as may be provided by
law for the support of the Institute;
(b) To confer the degree of Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education, Bachelor
of Science in Technical Education, Bachelor of Science in Engineering,"
and Master of Arts in Industrial Education to successful candidates for
graduation;
(c) To authorize the president of the Institute
to award proficiency certificates to students who have finished the
first two years of the four-year curriculum in technical education
and/or diploma to those who have completed the four-year curriculum in
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, Bachelor of Science in
Industrial Education, Bachelor of Science in Technical Education,
five-year curriculum in Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Master's
degree in Industrial Education;
(d) To appoint, on recommendation of the President of
the Institute, dean of instruction, registrar, heads of departments,
professors, instructors, 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 them, in its
discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as it may
promulgate, any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and
to remove them for cause after investigation and hearing shall have
been had;
(e) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline
drawn by the Institute Council as hereinafter provided;
(f) To fix, in as moderate as possible, the tuition
fees required of students, as well as matriculation fees, graduations
fees, and fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees which shall
constitute a special trust fund for the Institute and to remit such
fees in the case of deserving students;
(g) To provide fellowships for faculty members and
scholarships to students showing special evidence of merit;
(h) To prescribe rules for its own government, and to
enact for the government of the Institute such rules and regulations,
not contrary to law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and
functions of the Institute as defined in Section two of this Act;
(j) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and
donations of real and personal property of all kinds and to administer
the same for the benefit of the Institute, or of the department
thereof, or for aid to any student in accordance with the directions
and instructions of the donor, and, in default thereof, in such manner
as the Board of Trustees may in its discretion determine.
Sec. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall
consist of a majority of all the members. All processes against the
Board of Trustees shall be served on the Chairman or Secretary
thereof.
Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth day of June of
each year, the Board of Trustees shall file with the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, conditions,
and needs of the Institute.
Sec. 8. There shall be an Institute Council,
consisting of the President of the Institute, Dean of Instruction,
registrar, department heads, professors, and all instructors of the
Institute. The Council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula
and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of
Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to the Institute,
as well as for graduation and the receiving of a title or degree. The
Council alone shall have the power to recommend students or others to
be recipients of titles or degrees. Through its president or committee,
it shall have disciplinary power over the students within limits
prescribed by the rules of discipline approved by the Board of
Trustees.
Sec. 9. The body of instructors, professors,
department heads, registrars, Dean of Instruction shall constitute the
faculty of the institute, with the President of the Institute as the
presiding officer. In the appointment of professors, guests professors,
guest lecturers, registrar, department head, instructors and office
personnel of the Institute, no religious test shall be applied, nor
shall the religious opinions or affiliation of the faculty of the
Institute be made a matter of examination or inquiry: Provided, That no
instructor or professor in the Institute shall inculcate sectarian
tenets in any of the teachings, nor attempt either directly of
indirectly, under penalty, of dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to
influence students or attendants at the Institute for or against any
particular church or religious sect.
SECTION 10. The registrar, in addition to his regular
duties, shall act as the secretary of the Institute who shall be at the
same time the Secretary of the Board of Trustees and shall keep such
records of the Institute or such other duties as may be designated by
the Board.
SECTION 11. The Dean of Instruction, registrar,
professors and other regular instructors in the institute shall be
exempt as such from any civil service examination or regulations as a
requisite to appointment.
SECTION 12. The Board of Trustees shall fix the
compensation of the employees and other personnel of the Institute
whose appointment will be recommended by the president of the
Institute.
SECTION 13. The compensation per annum of the
following shall be fixed by law: President — eighteen thousand pesos;
Registrar — ten thousand eight hundred pesos; Dean of Instruction — ten
thousand eight hundred pesos; Department Heads — ten thousand pesos;
Professors — nine thousand six hundred pesos; Instructors — four
thousand two hundred pesos to eight thousand four hundred pesos.
SECTION 14. The President of the Institute, with the
cooperation of Division Superintendents and/or Superintendents of
School of Arts and Trades, may use one or more of their secondary or
elementary schools as training or laboratory schools for
student-teaching of the Institute.
SECTION 15. Heads of bureaus and offices of the
National Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the President of the Institute such apparatus, equipment or
supplies as may be needed by the Institute, and to detail employees
therein for duty, when in the judgment of the heads of the bureaus or
offices such apparatus, equipment, supplies or employees can be spared
without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so detailed
shall perform such duties as are required under such detail and the
time so employed shall count as part of their regular service.
SECTION 16. In order not to interrupt the smooth
functioning of the present curricula of the Pablo Borbon Memorial
School of Arts and Trades, the faculty of the school as well as the
other personnel shall be absorbed by the new Institute with the
incumbent superintendent performing the functions of the President of
the Institute and the head of the teacher-education department, the
functions of the Dean of Instruction; the registrar carries over his
duties as registrar of the Institute. Salaries of those personnel shall
be adjusted in accordance with the provisions of Section thirteen of
this Act. Personnel which do not fall under the provisions mentioned in
the preceding statement shall have their salaries adjusted at the
discretion of the Board of Trustees within the amount available for
appropriation. Salary increase of office personnel may be effected by
the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the President of the
Institute when their efficiencies warrant.
SECTION 17. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the Institute and all accounts and expenses
thereof shall be audited by the Auditor General or his duly authorized
representatives.
The present Auditor I of the Pablo Borbon Memorial School of Arts and
Trades shall continue to be the duly authorized representative of the
Auditor General with minimum entrance salary of six thousand pesos per
annum. He shall be assisted by two auditing aides to be appointed by
the General Auditing Office through the recommendation of the President
of the Institute with a compensation of two thousand five hundred
forty-four pesos per annum each as minimum entrance salary. Their
salary may be increased from year to year through the recommendation of
the President to the Board of Trustees.
SECTION 18. All the personnel, properties, records,
obligations, and appropriations of the Pablo Borbon Memorial School of
Arts and Trades are hereby transferred to the Pablo Borbon Memorial
Institute of Technology.
SECTION 19. The sum of the nine hundred thousand
pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the
National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the conversion,
operation and maintenance of said Institute including the construction
of two buildings during the fiscal year nineteen hundred sixty-nine.
Thereafter, such sum as may be needed for its operation and maintenance
shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 20. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Enacted without Executive
approval, June 15, 1968
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