Section 1
SECTION 1. Any provision of existing laws or regulations to the contrary notwithstanding, all teachers in the public schools who were holders of the degree of Bachelor of Science in Education, in Agriculture or in Commerce, and graduates of the Philippine Normal School or the Philippine School of Arts and Trades at the time they were appointed and who have been in the service continuously for ten successive years to the present time, are considered, to all intent and purposes, civil service eligibles as senior teachers with all the rights and privileges appertaining to the status of permanent employees in the Philippine Government. Academic and vocational high school graduates at the time they were appointed as teachers and who have been in continuous service for ten successive years are likewise considered civil service eligibles as junior teachers with permanent status. Teachers who are undergraduates and who have been in continuous service for ten years are considered, to all intents and purposes, regular teachers with permanent status.