AMENDING REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6629 BY CHANGING THE NAME OF THE BURAUEN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL HIGH SCHOOL TO DON VICENTE ORESTES ROMUALDEZ AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND AUTHORIZING THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE TO DETERMINE THE SITE OF THE SCHOOL.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1428
• Sections: 3

Preamble

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6629 has provided for the

establishment of an agro-industrial high school in the municipality of Burauen,

province of Leyte, known as Burauen Agro-Industrial High School;

WHEREAS, the School serves the students population of the

municipality of Burauen and its neighboring towns;

WHEREAS, the late Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez, a native of

Leyte, had not only selflessly dedicated himself to the upliftment of the masses

but also sacrificed beyond personal endurance for the welfare of the youth in

the province;

WHEREAS, the school authorities, employees and residents of

the aforesaid municipality passed a resolution requesting the change of the name

of the Burauen Agro-Industrial High School to Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez

Agricultural College to perpetuate his memory; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education and Culture and Culture

is in a better position to determine the needs of the school and should be given

the authority to determine its ideal location in the municipality of Burauen

consistent with the objectives for which it was established;

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

SECTION 1. Section 1 of Republic Act No. 6629 is hereby

amended to read as follows:

"SECTION 1. There shall be established under the Department

of Education and Culture, an agro-industrial college in the Municipality of

Burauen, Province of Leyte, to be known as Don Vicente Orestes Romualdez

Agricultural College: Provided, however, That only a general education

curriculum with practical arts shall be offered in the first and second years,

and the vocational education curriculum with practical arts shall be offered in

the third and fourth years: Provided, finally, That the school shall

offer short vocational courses for training in vocations needed in the locality

which shall be open to elementary school graduates: Provided, finally,

That the school shall open as soon as feasible, two-year post secondary

technical courses. The site of the said school shall be determined by the

Secretary of Education and Culture, upon the recommendation of the Regional

Director, Region VIII, DEC, Tacloban City."

Section 2

SEC. 2. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 10th day of June, in the year of our Lord,

nineteen hundred and seventy-eight.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS

President of the

Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE

Presidential Executive

Assistant