CONVERTING THE MINDANAO SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADES IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY INTO DON MARIANO MARCOS MEMORIAL POLYTECHNIC STATE COLLEGE OF NORTHERN MINDANAO, GIVING IT CORPORATE EXISTENCE, PROVIDING FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND DEFINING ITS POWERS, DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES, PROVIDING FOR HIGHER VOCATIONAL, PROFESSIONAL, AND TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATION AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 1431
• Sections: 17

Preamble

WHEREAS, the New Constitution of the Philippines directs the

state to establish and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated system of

education relevant to the goals of national development, and further provides

that all educational institutions shall aim to develop scientific, technological

and vocational efficiency;

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A, promulgated on

September 29, 1972, it has been declared as one of the national development

goals to assure the maximum participation of an accelerating rate of economic

development and social progress;

WHEREAS, it is the policy of the New Social Order to develop

the countryside and to disperse industries and higher institutions of learning

to the regions;

WHEREAS, the development of skilled manpower is vital to the

realization of any effort for industrialization in Northern Mindanao;

WHEREAS, at present there is no existing polytechnic

college, government or otherwise in Region X;

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. The present Mindanao School of Arts and Trades

located in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, is hereby converted into Don

Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College to take care of human resource

development for industry, agriculture and forestry, and fishery and maritime

studies through a network of satellite institutions throughout the region.

Section 2

SEC. 2. The purpose of the college shall be to provide

higher vocational, professional, and technological instruction and training in

trade, agriculture, fishery and maritime studies and to promote research, needed

to support the industrialization program in Northern Mindanao.

Section 3

SEC. 3. The Head of the College shall be known as the

President of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College. He shall be

appointed by the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Board

of Trustees. The powers and duties of the President of the College, in addition

to those provided in this Act, shall be those that usually pertain to the Office

of the President of the College.

Section 4

SEC. 4. The policy-making power in Don Mariano Marcos

Memorial Polytechnic State College is hereby vested in a Board of Trustees, to

be composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture as Chairman; the Regional

Executive Director of the National Economic and Development Authority; the

President of the College, and three (3) other prominent citizens of Region X to

be nominated by the President of the College and appointed by the President of

the Philippines as members. Of the three appointed members one (1) shall

represent Business and Industry one (1) on Industrial Education and Management

and the President of the Alumni Association of the College. Of the first group

appointed, the President shall designate one to serve for one year; one to serve

for two years; and one to serve for three years. Thereafter, persons appointed

to succeed such members shall hold office for a term of four years until their

successors who should be an expert in the same fields shall have been appointed

and qualified. In the absence or inability of the Secretary of Education and

Culture, the Undersecretary shall act as Chairman of the Board. In the absence

of both the Secretary and Undersecretary, the other members may elect from among

themselves a temporary chairman.

The members of the board shall be entitled to an allowance of two hundred

pesos per meeting actually attended, but not more than five hundred pesos a

month; Provided that they shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary

expenses, not exceeding one hundred pesos per day in any case, incurred either

in attendance, upon meetings of the board or upon other official business

authorized by resolution of the Board.

Section 5

SEC. 5. The Board of Trustees shall exercise for the Don

Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College all the power of a corporation

as provided in Section Thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen Hundred Fifty Nine, as

amended. It shall also have the following powers and duties in addition to its

general policy-making function:

To receive and allocate such sums as may be provided by law for the college;

To confer titles, bachelor's and master's degrees to successful candidates

for graduation;

To authorize the President of the College to award proficiency certificates

to students who have finished non-degree post secondary courses;

To appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the College, a vice

president, a dean of instruction, a registrar, heads of departments, professors,

instructors, lecturers, and other employees of the College, except emergency

laborers, student assistants or student helpers who can be appointed by the

President of the College subject to the confirmation by the Board; to fix their

duties, hours of service, and such other conditions as it may promulgate; and to

remove faculty members or employees for cause after fair hearing;

To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn by the College

Council as hereinafter provided;

To fix the tuition fees of students as well as matriculation fees,

graduation fees and for laboratory courses, and all special fees;

To provide fellowships and other types of travel and scholarship grants and

exchange for members of the faculty and scholarship to students in exceptionally

meritorious cases;

To prescribe rules for its own government, and enact for the government of

the college such rules and regulations, not contrary to law, as may be necessary

to carry out the purposes and functions of the College; and

To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and personal

property of all kinds and to administer same for the benefit of the college and

in accordance with the instructions and conditions, if any, of the donor.

Section 6

SEC. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a

majority of all members. All processes against the Board shall be served on the

Chairman or Secretary thereof.

Section 7

SEC. 7. On or before the fifteenth day of the second month

following 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 progress, conditions and needs of the College.

Section 8

SEC. 8. There shall be a College Council consisting of the

President of the College as Presiding Officer, the Dean of Instruction as Vice

Presiding Officer, the Heads of Departments, and all the professors and

instructors of the college. The council shall have the responsibility of

drafting and formulating the college curricula and rules of discipline, subject

to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix the requirement for

admission to the College, for graduation, and for the ferments of titles and

degrees, subject to the same approval. It shall recommend successful candidates

for graduation to be recipients of the proper titles and degrees, and propose

students for special citation or awards in meritorious cases. Through an

impartial committee as it may appoint and authorize within itself, it shall

exercise disciplinary power over the students within the limits prescribed by

the rules of discipline approved by the Board of Trustees.

Section 9

SEC. 9. The body of professors and infrastructure of the

college shall constitute the faculty of college. In the appointment of

professors and instructors, no religious or political test shall be applied, nor

shall the religious and political opinions or affiliations of any faculty member

be made a matter of examination or inquiry; Provided, that no

instructor or professor of the college shall, under penalty of dismissal by the

Board of Trustees, propagate sectarian or partisan political tenets in this

teachings, or attempts, directly or indirectly, to influence students or

attendants at the college in favor of or against any particular church,

religious sect, or political party.

Section 10

SEC. 10. Except for the President of the College all other

career employees shall be covered under the Civil Service Law on eligibility for

a permanent appointment pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 807 and its

implementing regulations.

Section 11

SEC. 11. There shall be a secretary of the college who shall

also be the Secretary of the Board of Trustees. He shall keep such records of

the college as the Board or the President of the College may direct.

Section 12

SEC. 12. Heads of bureaus and offices of the National

Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer upon request of the

President of the College, such apparatus, equipment or instructional supplies as

may be needed by the College.

Section 13

SEC. 13. All assets of the Mindanao School of Arts and

Trades, whether fixed or movable, records and personnel are hereby transferred

to the Don Mariano Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College.

Section 14

SEC. 14. In addition to the present appropriation of the

Mindanao School of Arts and Trades, the sum of One Million Pesos is hereby

appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise

appropriated for the improvement, operation and maintenance of the Don Mariano

Marcos Memorial Polytechnic State College. Thereafter, funds for the maintenance

and operation of the state college shall be included in annual General

Appropriations Act.

Section 15

SEC. 15. The Secretary of Education and Culture is hereby

directed to take the necessary steps as are necessary for the immediate

implementation of this Decree.

Section 16

SEC. 16. 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