AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 190 CREATING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

• Number: Presidential Decree No. 452
• Sections: 8

Preamble

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 190, dated May 11, 1973,

created the National Defense College of the Philippines to develop

qualified military leaders and civilian executives for national policy

formulation and competency for high command;

WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of said

National Defense College of the Philippines can be effectively and

satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to strengthen the organization

by way of quality participants and college personnel.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the

Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant

to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order

No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby amend

Presidential Decree No. 190 as follows:

Section 1

SECTION 1. Section 1 of the decree is hereby amended to

read as follows:

"SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Philippines

under the Department of National Defense an educational institution to

be known as the 'NATIONAL DEFENSE College of the Philippines'."

Section 2

SEC. 2. Sec. 2 of the decree is hereby amended to read as

follows:

Section 3

SEC. 3. Sec. 3 of the decree is hereby amended to read as

follows:

"SEC. 3. (a) The College shall be under the direction,

control and supervision of the Secretary of National Defense. It shall

be headed by a President who shall administer the College with the

assistance of an Executive Vice President.

The College shall have an Academic Board to be composed of

the Vice-President for Academic Affairs as Chairman, and the heads of

the academic disciplines, as members.

The College is empowered to confer the degree of Master

in National Security Administration (MNSA) upon all its

students who will satisfactorily complete the prescribed course of

studies: Provided, however, That students who completed the

regular course of the college prior to the approval of the Decree are

hereby declared eligible to the privileges conferred hereon."

Section 4

SEC. 4. Section 6 of the decree is hereby amended to read as

follows:

"SEC. 6. (a) The heads of various Departments, offices,

agencies and instrumentalities of the National Government, and the

Armed Forces of the Philippines shall submit to the Secretary of

National Defense a list of their ranking officials and officers who are

holding or are earmarked for positions of higher responsibility and/or

are involved in the formulation and implementation of national security

policy. The names of these officials and officers shall compose the

Standing List of NDCP Candidates, hereafter called the List, which shall

be annually kept up to date. Holders of the MNSA Degree shall not

be included in the List. The President of the College shall recommend to

the Secretary of National Defense the number of candidates for

inclusion in the List from the AFP, each department, offices, agencies,

and instrumentalities of the national government.

Upon request of the Secretary of National Defense, the various

Heads of Departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the

National Government are hereby authorized to detail officers and

employees for duty or to take any course of instruction in the College.

The President of the College shall circularize to the

private sector, not later than ninety (90) days prior to the opening

of each course of study student quota spaces for selected

executives.

The College shall have a Board of Admission responsible for

the screening and selection of the best qualified candidates from the

Standing List of NDCP Candidates and the private sector. It

shall be composed of five members to be chosen by the President

of the College, three of whom shall be outstanding MNSA

graduates each representing the military, civilian government and the

private sector.

Allowances of military and civilian personnel detailed with

the College for duty therein, as well as those of students of the

College, shall be fixed by the Secretary of National Defense."

Section 5

SEC. 5. Section 7 of the Decree is hereby amended to read

as follows:

"SEC. 7. Graduates of the College will receive, for

purposes of promotion to key and sensitive positions in the military and

civilian offices, preferential consideration and/or credit points in

the grade or class of their respective positions.

Subject to existing AFP regulations, the following shall be

complied with:

Civilians who will graduate from the NDCP will receive an

initial rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

Civilians who will graduate from the NDCP and who are holders

of a commission in the reserve force (inactive) below the rank of

Lieutenant Colonel shall be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.

AFP personnel in the active service and who will graduate

from the NDCP are not covered by the provisions of this paragraph.

Authority to use with honor the abbreviations MNSA after their

names shall be given to all graduates of this College."

Section 6

SEC. 6. Section 9 of the decree is hereby amended to read as

follows:

"SEC. 9. Such sum or sums as may be needed to carry out the

provisions of this Decree is hereby appropriated and shall be carried

annually under the Department of National Defense in the General

Appropriations Act."

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of May, in the year of Our

Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E.

MARCOS

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO

MELCHOR

Executive Secretary

Section 2

SEC. 2. The College shall be specifically designed and

geared to prepare and develop potential national defense leaders,

civilian officials of the different branches of the Government, and

selected executives from the private sector."