Section 4
SEC. 4. Section four of the same Act is hereby amended by adding and inserting therein, subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: (d) To establish guidelines, policies, and criteria on the basis of which the examination, evaluation, and approval of textbooks by the Board of Textbooks shall be made. (e) To compile educational statistics, keep records on education, conduct researches, surveys, and studies on Educational conditions and problems, evaluate the effects of national educational policies, and undertake such other activities as to effectively carry out the purpose of this Act. (f) To secure data and information from all government offices and entities and educational institutions, public and private, and to consult and confer with the officers and personnel thereof, on such matters as may be necessary for the Board to discharge its functions. (g) To submit an annual report to the President and to Congress not later than January thirty-first of each year which shall include a compilation of the national educational policies formulated by the Board, an evaluation of the national educational system, and recommendations to the Executive and Legislative branches of the government on the improvement of the educational system of the country."