Presidential Decree No. 1428 (PD 1428) — 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.
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 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."
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
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