Superintendent of schools.
Section 15
SEC. 15. Superintendent of schools.—There shall be detailed to the department a superintendent of schools who shall be under the general supervision of the Director of Education and his duties and powers shall include those prescribed for division superintendents of schools under Act Numbered Seventy-four, as amended: Provided, however, That the powers and duties of the Director of Education in the Department of Mindanao and Sulu shall be vested temporarily in the superintendent of schools subject to the control of the department governor until such time as the Governor-General by executive order may authorize the Director of Education to exercise such powers and perform such duties in the Department of Mindanao and Sulu or any part or parts thereof. (a) Curriculum.—The superintendent of schools herein provided shall fix a curriculum for primary, industrial, intermediate, and secondary schools, varying the same for different schools and different localities in accordance with the peculiar conditions prevailing therein. (b) Languages, teaching of.—The basis of instruction in the public schools shall be the English language, but, where local conditions demand it, the superintendent of schools may temporarily authorize the use of any other language or dialect. (c) Division superintendents.—The superintendent of schools may appoint in each province a division superintendent of schools who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as may be expressly delegated to him by the superintendent of schools. (d) General laws.—The general provisions of law concerning public instruction now in force in the provinces organized under Act Numbered Eighty-three and in the municipalities organized under Act Numbered Eighty-two shall apply to the Department of Mindanao and Sulu, except as herein otherwise provided. ARTICLE 6.—Public safety.