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 also known as the Educational Decree of 1972, it has been declared a policy of the government to re-orient the educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth and meaningful social development; WHEREAS, the establishment of a state university in the Province of Benguet will provide better educational services to the people of these economically and socially depressed provinces by bringing closer to them university education and training in the arts, sciences, humanities, technology and other socio-cultural areas, as well as conduct scientific researches and technological studies; WHEREAS, the present purely agricultural curricular offerings of the College will be expanded to provide for a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the goals of the national government; in particular, to develop scientific, technological, vocational and other professional courses; WHEREAS, the establishment of the "university will be a direct response to the urgent need for a faster pace of economic development and social-political progress of the depressed area inhabited predominantly by our cultural minorities of the North. The development of the natural and manpower resources of the area will greatly be enhanced by making available to the people in the area relevant, and more easily accessible university education at a cheaper cost; and WHEREAS, dispersal of higher institutions of learning to the provinces to decongest Metro Manila and other cities thickly populated with students is in line with the policy of the New Order; 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: