Presidential Decree No. 674 (PD 674) — Converting the College of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School into the Rizal Technological Colleges, Expanding for This Purpose Their Curricular Programs in Technology and Appropriating Funds Therefor.
WHEREAS, the 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 prescribes that all educational institutions shall aim to
develop scientific, technological and vocational efficiency;
WHEREAS, under the Presidential Decree No. 6-A, promulgated
on September 29, 1972, it has been declared a policy to reorient the
educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth;
WHEREAS, the Province of Rizal is endowed with rich natural
and human resources the exploitation and conservation of which will
accelerate its development and economic growth;
WHEREAS, the Province of Rizal, being the site of many
industrial and commercial establishments, needs trained manpower of
varied specializations and/or skills, and
WHEREAS, the establishments of Technological Colleges in the
province which shall offer baccalaureate degrees in agriculture,
fisheries, arts and sciences, trades and technology and other degrees
that may be deemed necessary to meet the needs of the province, as well
as short-term courses designed to meet the manpower needs of the
province and neighboring towns, will hasten the development of the
province and thereby contribute to the accomplishment of national goals;
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 to be part of the laws of the land the
following:
SECTION 1. The present College of Rizal and the Rizal
Technical High School, all situated at the Province of Rizal, are hereby
converted into the Rizal Technological Colleges, the same being
organized as a corporation under that name, hereinafter referred to in
this Decree as the Colleges.
SEC. 2. The Colleges shall primarily provide higher
technological, professional and vocational instruction and training in
agriculture, fisheries, trades and technology, arts and sciences, as
well as short-term technical or vocational courses, as the Board of
Trustees may deem necessary, and shall promote researches in the
exploitation and conservation of the natural resources in the province.
SEC. 3. No student shall be denied admission to the
Colleges by reason of age, sex, ethnic consideration, religious belief,
or political affiliation.
SEC. 4. The Head of the Colleges shall be known as the
President of the Rizal Technological Colleges. He shall be appointed by
the President of the Philippines upon recommendation of the Board of
Trustees which shall fix his compensation and term of office.
The powers and duties of the President of the Colleges, in
addition to those specifically provided for in this decree, shall be
those usually pertaining to the office of the president of a college.
SEC. 5. The governing body of the Colleges shall be the
Board of Trustees of the Rizal Technological Colleges. It shall be
composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture as Chairman, the
Provincial Governor of Rizal, the President of the Colleges, and four
(4) other residents of the province of Rizal as members who shall be
appointed by the President of the Philippines, one in the field of
agriculture and fisheries, one in trades and technology, one in arts and
letters, and one in sciences. Of the four members first appointed by
the President, one shall serve for one year; one to serve two years; one
to serve for three years; and one to serve for four years. Thereafter,
persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold office for a term
of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and
qualified. In case of permanent vacancy, the position shall be filled by
appointment by the President of the Philippines.
Such appointee shall hold office, for the unexpired term only.
The Secretary of Education and Culture, and the Governor for
the province of Rizal may designate their respective representatives in
the Board who shall have all the powers and privileges pertaining to
their offices. In the absence of the Secretary of Education and Culture
who is the Chairman of the Board, the members of the Board present may
elect the temporary Chairman to preside over the meeting.
SEC. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist
of a majority of all the members holding office at the time a meeting
is called. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall be served
on the President or Secretary thereof.
SEC. 7. The Members of the Board of Trustees shall be
entitled to an allowance of not less than One Hundred Pesos per meeting
actually attended, provided, that they shall be reimbursed for actual
and necessary expenses incurred in attendance of meetings and other
official business authorized by resolution of the Board.
SEC. 8. The Board of Trustees, in addition to its
general powers of administration and the exercise of all the powers of a
corporation as provided in section thirteen of Act Numbered Fourteen
Hundred Fifty Nine as amended, otherwise known as the Corporation Law,
shall have the following powers and duties:
To receive and appropriate for the purpose specified by
law such sums as may be provided for the support of the Colleges;
To confer degrees upon successful candidates for graduation.
It may also confer honorary degrees upon persons in recognition of
learning, statesmanship or eminence in any of the fields of
specialization of the Colleges, or in recognition of public ser vice
provided, that such degrees shall not be conferred in
consideration of or to reciprocate some personal favor;
To authorize the President of the Colleges to award proficiency
certificates or diplomas to students who have completed non-degree
courses;
To organize academic units and courses as may be necessary to
meet the economic and social needs of the province of Rizal;
To appoint on recommendation of the President of the Colleges
academic and administrative officials, faculty and employees of the
Colleges; to fix their compensation, hours of service, and to perform
such other duties and conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to
them, in its discretion, leaves of absences under such regulations as it
may promulgate, any provisions; of existing laws to the contrary
notwithstanding; and to remove them for cause after and investigation
and hearing;
To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn by the
College Council as hereinafter provided;
To fix tuition fees, matriculation fees, graduation fees,
laboratory fees, and such other fees;
To provide fellowships for qualified faculty members; and
provide scholarships for deserving students;
To prescribe rules for its own governance and to enact for the
government of the Colleges such rules and regulations, not contrary to
law, as may be necessary to carry out the purposes and functions of the
Colleges;
To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and
personal property of all kinds, to administer the same for the benefit
of the Colleges, or of any department thereof, or for aid to any student
or students, in accordance with the directions and instructions of the
donor, and in default thereof, in such manners as the Board of Trustees
may in its discretion determine. All such donations shall be exempt
from all taxes and to be considered as deductible items from the income
tax of the donors.
To import duty free commodities for educational purposes as an
exemption to existing laws;
To authorize the Colleges to undertake construction and/or
repair of its buildings, machinery and equipment and other facilities,
any provisions of law or executive order to the contrary
notwithstanding;
To provide vocational training to adult citizens and
out-of-school youths: and
To acquire sites or campuses and to provide facilities and
improvements as may be necessary.
SEC. 9. On or before the fifteenth day of the second month
after the opening of regular classes each year, the Board of Trustees
shall file with the Office of the President of the Philippines and of
the Provincial Governor of Rizal, a detailed report, setting forth the
progress, conditions and needs of the Colleges.
SEC. 10. There shall be a College Council consisting of
the President of the Colleges and all members of the faculty with the
rank of professors. The Council shall have the power to prescribed the
curricula and rules of discipline, subject to the approval of the Board
of Trustees. It shall fix the requirements for admission to the
Colleges, as well as for graduation and conferring of degrees subject to
review by the Board of Trustees. The Council alone shall have the power
to recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees or
certificates. The Council, through its duly authorized committee, or the
President of the Colleges shall have disciplinary power over the
students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline.
SEC. 11. The body of instructors and professors of the
Colleges shall constitute the faculty of the Colleges. The faculty shall
be exempt as such from any civil service examinations or regulations as
a requisite to appointment.
SEC. 12. No member of the faculty of the Colleges shall
attempt directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board
of Trustees, to influence students or any person in the Colleges towards
any ideology, political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of
the government through violence or subversion.
SEC. 13. There shall be a secretary of the Colleges who
shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the
President of the Colleges. He shall also be the secretary of the Board
and shall keep such records of the Colleges as may be determined by the
Board of Trustees.
SEC. 14. The Treasurer of the Philippine shall be
ex-officio treasurer of the Colleges and all accounts and expenses
therefore shall be audited by the Commission on Audit or its duly
authorized representative.
SEC. 15. Heads of Bureaus and offices of National
Government and the Provincial Government of Rizal are hereby authorized
to loan or transfer, upon such request of the President of the Colleges,
apparatus, equipment or supplies as may be needed by the Colleges and
to detail employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head
of the bureau or office such employees can be spared without serious
detriment to the public service. Employees so detailed shall perform
such duties as required under such detail and the time so employed shall
be counted as part of their regular official service.
SEC. 16. All the assets, fixed and movable, records and
personnel of the College of Rizal and the Rizal Technical High School,
are hereby transferred to the Rizal Technological Colleges: Provided,
however, that the positions, rights and security of tenure of
personnel therein employed under existing laws prior to absorption by
the Colleges are not impaired. Provided, further, that the
incumbent and the positions shall remain in the same status until
otherwise provided for by the Board of Trustee. All parcels of land
belonging to the government occupied by the schools and colleges
abolished are hereby declared to be the property of the Rizal
Technological Colleges and shall be titled under that name; Provided,
that should the Colleges cease to exist or be abolished or should such
parcels of land aforementioned be no longer needed by the Colleges, the
same shall revert to the Province of Rizal.
SEC. 17. In addition to the appropriations of the
college and school thus transferred and absorbed, the Provincial Board
of Rizal shall provide funds for the purchase of site and the
construction of buildings therein; and provided further, that the sum of
Two Million Pesos shall be appropriated by the Province of Rizal for
the establishment, operation and maintenance of the Colleges.
Thereafter, funds for the maintenance and operation of the Colleges
shall be included in the annual appropriations of the Province of Rizal.
SEC. 18. In addition to the funds appropriated by the
Province of Rizal, the National Government may appropriate such sums as
may be necessary for the operation, maintenance, construction of
buildings, and development projects of the Colleges out of any funds in
the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the same to be
included thereafter in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SEC. 19. Provisions of law notwithstanding, the
Province of Rizal hereby authorized to levy such taxes as may be
necessary to raise the funds needed for the purpose aforementioned,
subject to the approval by the Secretary of Finance.
SEC. 20. All laws, decrees, executive orders contrary to
or inconsistent with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed
or amended accordingly.
SEC. 21. This Decree shall take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 20th day of March, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
(Sgd.)
FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President
Republic of the Philippines
By the President:
(Sgd.)
ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary
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