Preamble
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 prescribes that all educational institutions shall aim to develop scientific, technological and vocational efficiency; WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6-A otherwise known as the Educational Development Decree of 1972, promulgated on September 29, 1972, it has been declared a policy of the government to reorient the educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth and meaningful social development; WHEREAS, there is a need to define the composition and powers of the governing boards of chartered state universities and colleges in order to achieve a more coordinated and integrated system of higher education, to render them more effective in the formulation and implementation of policies on higher education, and to provide for more relevant direction in their governance; WHEREAS, the enabling laws of certain chartered state colleges and universities indicate a fixed term of office of the presidents thereof while the others are silent on the matter, and there is accordingly a felt need to provide a standards on the tenure of college or university presidents in accordance with the generally accepted management practices. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution, do hereby order and decree to be part of the laws of the land: