De La Salle University - Manila

Executive Orders on Philippine Education

Scope Note:These web pages contain executive orders on Philippine education selected and retrieved in June 2008 from the Office of the President and LawPhil websites. Links to these executive orders issued retrospectively from to June 2008 down to April 1972 are presented in PDF (Portable Document File) format.

Note:To access the full text in PDF format, click on the link provided for each title of Executive Order.

Executive orders issued from January-June 2008

Executive orders no. 730 (June 4, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Adding two (2) private representatives to the Board of Advisers of the Commission on Higher Education"

Executive order no. 729 (June 4, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Adding the Director General to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, or a duly designated representative, as additional member of the Teacher Education Council"

Executive order no. 713 (March 12, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Strengthening the authority of the Presidential Council on Values Formation towards the effective pursuit of a just and moral Philippine society, amending Executive Orders 314 and 347, and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 713 705-A (April 10, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Amending Executive Order No. 705, Series of 2008, by including the higher education programs accredited by the four other accrediting agencies not to be subjected to the institutional quality assurance monitoring and evaluation process, and creating a coordinating council for accreditation headed by the Commission on Higher Education"

Executive order no. 705 (Jan 2, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Subjecting only non-accredited private schools for institutional quality assurance monitoring and evaluation"

Executive order no. 694 (Jan 18, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Enabling higher education institutions to opt to ladderize their education programs without need for issuance of permit from the Commission on Higher Education and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority"

Executive order no. 685 (Jan 10, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Expanding the preschool coverage to include children enrolled in day care centers"

Executive order no. 652-B (Jan 18, 2008)
http://www.op.gov.ph/directives/eo.asp

"Amending the Executive Order No. 652 (Series of 2007) by including the Chairman of the Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations (COCOPEA) as representative from the private sector to the Presidential Task Force to assess, plan and monitor the entire educational system"

"EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued from July-September 2007"

Executive order no. 652 (Aug 21, 2007)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2007.htm

"Creating the presidential task force to assess, plan and monitor the entire educational system"

Executive order no. 632 (Jul 10, 2007)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2007.htm

"Amending executive order no. 273 (series of 2000) and mandating presidential assistant to assess, plan and monitor the entire educational system"

Executive order no. 609 (Mar 12, 2007)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jan-mar2007.htm

"Further enhancing employability by directing the department of labor and employment to administer a voluntary examination for the nurses licensed pursuant to the June 2006 board of nursing examination and providing assistance to the voluntary examinees"

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued from October-December, 2006

Executive order no. 595 (Dec 27, 2006)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_oct-dec2006.htm

"Ensuring effective and efficient public health awareness campaign for prevention of common through the educational system"

Executive order no. 583 (Dec. 08, 2006)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_oct-dec2006.htm

"Establishing the National Science Complex and Technology Incubation Park in the University of the Philippines, Diliman"

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued on July-September, 2006

Executive order no. 570 (Sept. 26, 2006)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2006.htm

"Institutionalizing peace education in basic education and teacher education"

Executive order no. 566 (Sept. 08, 2006)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2006.htm

"Directing the Commission on Higher Education to regulate the establishment and operation of review centers and similar entities"

Executive order no. 483 (Dec. 27, 2005)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_oct-dec2005.htm

"Establishing the UNESCO lifelong learning center for sustainable development of the Philippines, designating the operation brotherhood Montessori Center, Inc. therefore"

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued from January-June, 2005

Executive order no. 434 (June 03, 2005)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_apr-jun2005.htm

"Delegating to the secretary of education the power to exercise policy oversight over the commission on higher education"

Executive order no. 433 (May 31, 2005)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_apr-jun2005.htm

"Amending executive order no. 81 dated March 5, 1999 and transferring the management of the Palarong Pambansa from the Philippine Sports Commission to the Department of Education"

Executive order no. 430 (May 26, 2005)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_apr-jun2005.htm

"Delegating to the Secretary of Education the power to exercise oversight function over the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)"

Executive order no. 402 (Jan. 24, 2005)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jan-mar2005.htm

" Abolishing the special committee on scholarship and transferring its scholarship functions to the Department of Education for basic education, to the Commission on Higher Education for degree courses, and to the technical education for skills and development authority for non-decree courses"

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued from April-October 2004

Executive order no. 368 (Oct. 05, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_oct-dec2004.htm

"Abolishing the MADRASAH Development Coordinating Committee and transferring its functions to the Department of Education"

Executive order no. 361 (Sept. 22, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2004.htm

"Establishing the policy of promoting awareness of and respect for the rule of law in the basic educational system"

Executive order no. 358 (Sept. 15, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2004.htm

"To institutionalize a ladderized interface between Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and Higher Education (HE)"

Executive order no. 356 (Sept. 13, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2004.htm

"Renaming the bureau of Non Formal Education to Bureau of Alternative Learning System"

Executive order no. 349 (Aug. 14, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_jul-sept2004.htm

"Establishing clear lines of authority over the Council for the Welfare of Children/National Early Childhood Care and Development Coordinating Council Secretariat"

Executive order no. 307 (Apr.10, 2004)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_apr-june2004.htm

"Expanding access to post-secondary education through the "Iskolar ng Mahirap na Pamilya" program, providing funds therefore, and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 266 (Dec. 29, 2003)
http://www.ops.gov.ph/records/eo_sept-dec2003.htm

"Establishment of the Strong Republic School (SRS), a distance learning school, to bring educational opportunities to identified disadvantaged communities."

EXECUTIVE ORDERS issued from May 1996-April 1972

Note: Click the link on Executive Issuances located on the left side of the homepage in order to access the full texts of Executive Orders per year.

Executive order no. 337 (May 17, 1996)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Transferring the National Training Center for Technical Education and Staff Development (NTCTESD) and its administration from the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) to the technical education and skills development authority (TESDA)"

Executive order no. 323 (April 10, 1996)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Providing for the participation of student volunteers in the activities of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 1996 meeting in the Philippines"

Executive order no. 317 (March 30, 1996)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Devolving to the autonomous regional government of the autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao certain powers and functions of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority including the control and supervision over its offices, programs and projects in the region and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 315 (March 30, 1996)
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"Devolving to the autonomous regional government of the autonomous region in Muslim Mindanao certain powers and functions of the commission on higher education, the control and supervision over its programs in the region and for other purposes."

Executive order no. 266 (July 25, 1995)
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"Institutionalization of the Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Programs of The Various Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBS) under the supervision of the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC)"

Executive order no. 127 (September 30, 1993)
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"Redefining the functions of the Instructional Materials Council of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports"

Executive order no. 459 (May 17, 1991)
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"Devolving to the Autonomous Regional Government of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Certain Powers and Functions of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, the control and supervision over its offices in the region and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 373 (October 17, 1989)
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"Providing for the turn-over of the assets of the University of Life Complex to the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and for other related purposes"

Executive order no. 274 (July 25, 1987)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Creating the Presidential Council For Youth Affairs and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 267 (July 25, 1987)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Further amending Commonwealth Act No. 542; entitled "An act to create a corporation to be known as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and to define its powers and purposes", as amended"

Executive order no. 233 (July 22, 1987)
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"Redefining the role and organizational structure and enlarging the membership of the Council for the Welfare of Children"

Executive order no. 267 (July 25, 1987)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Further amending Commonwealth Act No. 542; entitled "An act to create a corporation to be known as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and to define its powers and purposes", as amended"

Executive order no. 189 (June 10, 1987)
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"Placing all public secondary school teachers under the administrative supervision and control of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 173 (May 8, 1987)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Further amending Commonwealth Act No. 542, Entitled "An Act to create a corporation to be known as the Girl Scouts of the Philippines, and to define its powers and purposes", as amended"

Executive order no. 117 (January 30, 1987)
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"Reorganization of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports prescribing its powers and functions and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 1090 (February 5, 1986)
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"Establishing The Mindanao and Visayas campuses of The Philippine Science High School"

Executive order no. 1089 (February 4, 1986)
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"Establishing the Philippine Industrial Crops Research Institute at the University of Southern Mindanao, Kabacan, Cotabato"

Executive order no. 1084 (January 28, 1986)
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"Approving the establishment of a College of Medicine at the Western Mindanao State University, Zamboanga City"

Executive order no. 954 (May 4, 1984)
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"Creating the position of Executive Vice President in the Polytechnic University of the Philippines"

Executive order no. 940 (March 2, 1984)
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"Optimizing the Use of existing training and educational resources through the establishment of a Vocational Technical (VOCTECH) network of training and educational institutions on a voluntary and cooperative basis"

Executive order no. 889 (March 23, 1983)
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"Establishing a system of national centers of excellence in the basic sciences"

Executive order no. 875 (February 19, 1983)
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"Amending Section 3 of Executive order no. 543 constituting the President's Center for Special Studies"

Executive order no. 840 (October 16, 1982)
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"Completion of the National Agriculture and Life Sciences Research Complex at the University of the Philippines at Los Baños"

Executive order no. 818 (July 16, 1982)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Amending Presidential Decree No. 1003-A, creating the National Academy of Science and Technology and for related purposes"

Executive order no. 810 (June 12, 1982)
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"Granting salary increases to teaching positions of the Philippine Science High School (PSHS) as an accelerated implementation of the 1979 Salary Survey"

Executive order no. 806 (May 27, 1982)
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"Creating the Textbook Council and the Instructional Materials Corporation"

Executive order no. 805 (May 26, 1982)
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"Abolishing the Ministry of Youth and Sports Development, transferring its functions to the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, and for other purposes"

Executive order no. 790 (April 3, 1982)
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"Extending the preference to any one child of a veteran in Civil Service Examinations"

Executive order no. 789 (March 28, 1982)
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"Increasing the subsistence allowance of cadets of the Philippine Military Academy and of the Philippine Air Force Flying School"

Executive order no. 733 (September 21, 1981)
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"Linking formal and non-formal education and training systems through an expanded accreditation and equivalency program"

Executive order no. 732 (September 21, 1981)
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"Providing more financial incentives to firms and out-of-school youth participating in the KB-NMYC Batarisan In plant Training Program"

Executive order no. 722 (July 1, 1981)
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"Granting salary increases for teachers"

Executive order no. 674 (March 25, 1981)
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"Establishing the Research Institute for Tropical Medicine"

Executive order no. 669 (March 1, 1981)
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"Granting salary increases for schools superintendents"

Executive order no. 628 (October 30, 1980)
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"Creating a University of the Philippines in the Visayas as an autonomous member of the University of the Philippines System"

Executive order no. 545 (July 23, 1979)
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"Merger of the College of Nursing and School of Nursing of the University of the Philippines"

Executive order no. 543 (July 9, 1979)
http://www.lawphil.net/

"Constituting the President's Center for Special Studies out of the Philippine Center for Advanced Studies"

Executive order no. 511 (October 18, 1978)
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"Strengthening the supervisory authority of the Ministry of Education and Culture over public and private colleges and universities"

Executive order no. 500 (March 21, 1978)
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"Establishing a new system of career progression for public school teachers"

Executive order no. 445 (January 6, 1975)
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"Creating a committee to look into the expenditure of funds of the Mindanao State University"

Executive order no. 433 (September 11, 1974)
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"Creating a study committee of state higher education"

Executive order no. 388 (April 11, 1972)
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"Creating a national council on physical fitness"