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Republic Act No. 6655
An Act Establishing And Providing For A Free Public Secondary Education And For
Other Purposes
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The Philippine ConstitutionArticle XIV:
Education, Science and Technology, Arts, Culture and SportsSection 2
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Establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student loan programs, subsidies and other incentives which shall be available to deserving students both public and private schools, especially to the underprivileged.
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Title“Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988”
Section 1:
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Declaration of Policy
Section 2:
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It is the policy of the State to provide for a free public secondary education to all qualified citizens and to promote quality education atall levels.
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Definition ofTerms
Section 3:
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1. Free Public Secondary Education
trade, technical, vocational, fishery and agricultural schools, and inschools established,
Means that the students enrolled in secondary course offerings in national high schools, general comprehensive high schools,
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tuition and other schools fees.
administered, maintained and funded by local government units, including city, provincial, municiapal
and barangay high schools, and those public high schools which may be established by law, shall be free from payment of
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Refers to the fees representing direct costs of instruction, training and other related activities and for the students’ use of the instruction and training facilities.
2. Tuition Fee
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Refers to those fees which covers other necessary costs supportive of instruction, including but not limited to medical and dental, athletic, library, laboratory and Citizens Army Training (CAT) fees.
3. Other School Fees
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However, fees elated to membership in the school community such as identification cards, student organizations and publications may be collected, provided that nonpayment to these fees shall not in any case be a bar to the enrollment or graduation ofany student.
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Implementation ofFree Public Secondary
Education
Section 4:
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The system of free public secondary education as provided in this Act
community such as identification cards,
shall commence in School Year 1988-1989, and that the students enrolled in secondary course … shall be free from payment of tuition and other school fees, except fees related to membership in the school
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student organizations and publication which may be collected: provided, thatnothing in this Act shall cause or authorize
the reduction or removal of any benefit which the national or local government may have granted to the students, teachers and other school personnel of these public highschools prior to the enactment of this Act.
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Formulation of a Secondary Education
Curriculum
Section 5:
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The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall formulate a secondary education curriculum in orderto upgrade its quality, efficiency and
access. In addition to providing the high school students with general skills, knowledge and values, such a curriculum must include vocational and technical courses that will givethe students gainful employment.
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LimitationSection 6:
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The right of any student to avail of free public high school shall
enrolled during the course of his study unless such failure is due tosome valid cause.
terminate if he fails for two (2) consecutive school years in the majority of the academic subjects in which he is
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Section 7:
Nationalization ofPublic Secondary
Schools
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To effectively implement the system, the establishment, renaming, conversion,
integration, separation, administration, supervision and control of all public secondary schools and public secondary school teachers and other school personnel, including the payment of their salaries allowances and other fringe benefits as well as those already provided by local governments are hereby vested in the Department ofEducation, Culture and Sports.
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Section 8: Priority inAdmission
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Graduates of public elementary schools in a municipality shall be
given priority in admission when the present facilities in the same municipality cannot accommodate all of those applying for enrollmentin the public high schools.
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Section 9: Implementing Rules
and Regulations
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The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports shall issue the necessary rules and regulations to implement this Act.
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Section 10:
Funding
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The President is hereby authorized to realign or transfer any item of appropriation within the Department ofEducation, Culture and Sports. and/or utilize
any savings therein to carry out the purposes of this Act. Whatever additional amount as may be needed for its implementation shall be included in the General Appropriations Acts for theensuing fiscal years.
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Resource: http://budgetngbayan.com/summary-of-allocations/
Budget by Department and Special Purpose
FundTop 10 Departments
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Approved by:
Pres. Corazon C. AquinoMay 26, 1988