Presidential Decree NO. 6-A

Lesson 7PRESIDENTIAL

DECREE NO. 6-A

BACHELOR OF SECONDARY EDUCATION MAJOR IN ENGLISH FOURTH YEAR; The Teaching Profession w/ Professional Ethics


Former President Ferdinand MarcosProclamation NO. 1081 dated September 21, 1972General Order NO. 1 dated September 22, 1972


Section 1. Title“Educational Development Decree of 1972”


Section 2. Declaration of Policya. To achieve and maintain an

accelerating rate of economic development and social progress;

b. To assure the maximum participation of all the people in the attainment and enjoyment of the benefits of such growth; and

c. To strengthen national consciousness and promote desirable cultural values in a changing world.


Section 3. Statement of Objectivesa. Provide a broad general

education that will assist each individual, in the peculiar ecology of his own society;

b. Train the nation’s manpower in the middle, level skills required for national development;


c. Develop the high-level professions that will provide leadership for the nation, advance knowledge through research, and apply new knowledge for improving the quality of human life, and

d. Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions of the nation through a system of educational planning and evaluation.


Section 4. Guiding Principles of the Ten-Year Programa. Improvement of curricular programs

and quality of instruction in all levels;b. Upgrading of academic standards;c. Democratization of access to

educational opportunities;d. Reconstructing of higher educatione. Expansion of existing programs and

establishing new ones;f. Instituting reform in the educational

financing system.


Section 5. Educational Development Projectsa. Management study of the Department

of Education and Culture and institution of administrative improvements therein;

b. Establishment and/or operation, upgrading of secondary schools;

c. Establishment and/or operation, upgrading or improvement of technical institutes;


d. Curriculum and staff development;e. Expansion of agricultural secondary

and higher education programs and extension activities;

f. Design, utilization and improvement of instructional technology and materials; and

g. Assistance and incentives, including loans and grants.


Section 6. Working Arrangementsa. Approve and evaluate the specific

project; andb. Administer the Educational Institutions

Development Fund. Section 7. Authority to BorrowThe President of the Philippines, in behalf of the Republic of the Philippines, may contract loans, credits or indebtedness.


Section 8. Utilization of ProceedsThe proceeds of such loans, credits or

indebtedness shall be used exclusively for financing the educational development projects authorized under this Decree. Section 9. Appropriations

In addition to the proceeds mentioned, the is hereby appropriated for the projects authorized herein the sum of P566,666,666 out of the funds in the National Treasury.


Section 10. Creating of Educational Special Account

The Department of Education and Culture is hereby authorized to receive and spend or utilize donations and/or bequests made in pursuance of the purposes and for projects enunciated in this Decree which donations and/or bequests shall be exempt from the payment of gift taxes.


Section 11. Bond IssuesThe Secretary of Finance may issue and

sell bonds not exceeding twenty million pesos annually.

Section 12. Portions of the Special Education FundsEffective July1, 1972, until June 30, 1982, P20, 000, 000 of the annual share of the National Government from the Special Education Fund shall accrue to the Educational Special Account.


Section 13. Portion of Special Science FundFifteen million pesos (P15, 000,000) of the

Special Science Fund established under Republic Act Numbered fifty-four hundred and forty-eight as amended is hereby transferred to the Educational Special Account. Section 14. Future Savings

Such amount of savings resulting from the implementation of reforms may be necessary to prosecute the projects under this Decree shall accrue to the Educational Special Account.


Section 15. Augmentation From General Fund

In cases where funds from sources specified in Section 10 are not sufficient to meet requirements in any fiscal year, such amount as are necessary to meet such requirements are hereby appropriated out of the funds in the general funds not otherwise appropriate.


Section 16. Tax ExemptionThe Secretary of Finance shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary for the purpose.

Section 17. Additional AppropriationsSome charges or indebtedness incurred under the authority of this Decree as and when they become due.


Section 18. Repealing ClauseAll laws, executive orders, rules or regulations or parts thereof which are inconsistent with this Decree are hereby repealed and/or modified accordingly. Section 19. Effectivity

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-two.

Lesson 9UNESCO



United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Four Pillars of education: Learning to know Learning to do Learning to live together Learning to be


Education for All (EFA)

The Philippines was a signatory in the World Conference on Education for All on a global plan to give every child in the world quality basic education.

Priority areas are Early Childhood Education, Formal Basic Education and Alternative Learning System.


Central goal: universal basic education

Four major intervention:

Institutionalize early childhood care and development,

Provide universal quality primary education,

Eradicate illiteracy Launch continuing education

programs for adults and out-of-school-youth.


Millennium Development Goals (MDGs):

Reducing by half the number of people, who live in extreme poverty, with little access to food and safe drinking water;

Reducing death in mothers and children below five;

Making primary education accessible to all;


Reducing gender disparities; Providing access to reproductive

health services; Pursuing national strategies for

sustainable development; Reversing environmental

resources losses; and Developing a global partnership

for development.


Child Friendly School System (CFSS)

In 1999, the Philippine government through the Department of Education, the local government units and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) initiated the CFSS.


Characteristics of a Child Friendly School are:

Gender sensitive and not-discriminating;

Child-centered; Promotes good health practices

and behaviors; Has the best interest of children

in mind and seeks to provide an environment that is safe and secure; and

Works closely with children’s families.