Presidential Decree No. 1431 (PD 1431) — 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.
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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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