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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES *
‘Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BiLLNo.__2224

Introduced by: CONGRESSMAN VICTOR J. YU

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Individual’s right to education is an internationally accepted component of human rights enshrined in
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 14 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. It is understood to mean the entitlement to free, compulsory and equitable
access to education.

In our country, the Filipinos right to education is embodi
the state is mandated to protect and promote the right of all
such education accessible to all.

in Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution where
ens to quality education at all levels, and to make

It is for this reason that our government has instituted free elementary and secondary education. However,
access to educational systems deprived millions of children including adults of their right to education.

Consider for example in Barangay Paraiso, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur where the main source of income
is agriculture and majority of the population is living in poverty. The only hope of their children is to earn good
education to be assured of better jobs in the future. However, in order to avail of complete secondary education,
students will have to travel eight (8) kilometers from their barangay to the nearest secondary school. As a result, a
number of elementary graduates have sacrificed their right (o education by ceasing to pursue secondary education
due to inaccessibility of the schools.

‘As an initiative, the Parents-Teachers-Community Association (PTCA) and the local officials of the
Municipality of Mahayag established an annex school known as Panagaan National High School ~ Paraiso Annex.
However, most of the teachers are borrowed only from the mother school and the rest are paid by the PTCA and the
LGU. Thus, it is believed that the separation of PanagaanNational High School ~ Paraiso Annex from Panagaan
National High School - Main Campus which is the very purpose of this bill will contribute a lot in providing
accessible education to the nearby residents.

It is in this regard that this representation is seeking for the immediate approval of this bill Separating
Panagaan National High School — Paraiso Annex in Brgy. Paraiso, Municipality of Mahayag, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur from Panagaan National High School - Main Campus, to be known as Paraiso National High
School



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2221

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: CONGRESSMAN VICTOR J. YU

AN ACT
SEPARATING PANAGAAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ~ PARAISO ANNEX, BARANGAY
PANAGAAN, MUNICIPALITY OF MAHAYAG, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR
FROM PANAGAAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — MAIN, TO BE KNOWN AS PARAISO.
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:

SECTION I. Separation and Conversion into a National High School. ‘The Panagaan National
High School ~ Paraiso Annex in Brgy. Paraiso, Municipality of Mahayag, Province of Zamboanga del
Sur is hereby separated from Panagaan National High School, Main Campus located in the Municipality
of Mahayag, and is converted into an independent national high school to be known as Paraiso National
High School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Li All personnel, records, assets and liabilities of
the Panagaan National High School — Paraiso Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
Paraiso National High School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program and operationalization of the Paraiso National High School, the initial funding of
which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of Panagaan National High School —
Paraiso Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4. Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations
‘as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this act.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official
Gazette.

Approved.