Presidential Decree No. 1235 (PD 1235) — Amending Presidential Decree No. 6-A, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Educational Development Decree of 1972.
Presidential Decree No. 1235 (PD 1235) — Amending Presidential Decree No. 6-A, as Amended, Otherwise Known as the Educational Development Decree of 1972.
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WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A, as amended, the
Educational Development Projects Implementing Task Force (EDPITAF) is charged
with the function of implementing development projects in education; and
WHEREAS, in order to accelerate the implementation of
ongoing and proposed education development projects, there is a need to
strengthen and provide flexibility in the organizational structure of
EDPITAF:
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:
SECTION 1. The pertinent paragraphs of Section 6 of
Presidential Decree No. 6-A are hereby amended and incorporated into a new
section to be known as Section 7 which shall read as follows:
"Section 7. Organization of EDPITAF, A project unit
to be known as the Educational Development Project Implementing Task Force
(EDPITAF) is hereby established under the Office of the Secretary of Education
and Culture, to be headed by an Executive Director and to be composed of a
full-time technical and administrative staff and consultants. Its functions are
(1) to supervise and implement foreign assisted projects; and (2) To implement
such other development projects as may be assigned to it by the Secretary of
Education and Culture.
(a) The Secretary of Education and Culture is hereby authorized to determine
the organizational structure of EDPITAF in any manner consistent with the
requirement of the projects authorized under this Decree and/or pursuant to loan
agreements or covenants which may be entered into by the government for the
Implementation of such projects.
"(b) The Secretary, through the Director, shall have the authority to hire
such number of consultants as may be deemed necessary, from the private sector
or from other government offices, agencies or instrumentalities, or contractual,
part time or full-time basis in order to effectively carry out the above
functions: Provided, however, That all existing laws to the contrary
notwithstanding, consultants hired from other government office, agencies or
instrumentalities be granted compensation in the form of allowances or
honoraria, the amount of which to be determined by the Executive Director with
the approval of the Secretary.
"(c) Where the project involves an office, agency, or instrumentality of the
government other than the Department of Education and Culture appropriate
working arrangements shall be established by the Educational Development
Projects Implementing Task Force and the Office, agency or instrumentality
concerned, including the turn over of the project upon its completion to such
office, agency or instrumentality to be integrated with and be part of the
regular activities thereof."
SEC. 3. Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect
immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 11th day of November, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-seven.
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