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 further prescribes 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 a policy to reorient the educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth; and WHEREAS, the conversion of the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College into a State Institute of Technology, broadening for this purpose its curricular programs, would serve to achieve the above national goals; 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 order and decree to be part of the laws of the land the following: