Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE:
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 5329

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The attention and focus of the government are mainly pointed to the urbanized and
highly urbanized places. Yet those in the countryside are usually neglected. It is no wonder
then that various people continue to migrate cities and urban centers away from the rural
areas. What the government can do is to have development and empowerment in the rural
areas to decongest the metropolis. And we can start with rural development by giving more
attention and importance to the education of the youth in the rural areas.

As mandated in Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution: “The State shall
protect and promote the right of all the citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take
appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all”. It is imperative then to have that
constitutional provision of “quality education” be felt in the countryside where students
crammed the classrooms devoid of ample allocation from the government.

The very aim of the bill is to realize the constitutional mandate of providing “quality
education” to the youth of Barangay Tan-awan, Municipality of Oslob, Province of Cebu by
establishing the Tan-awan National High School. The enactment of this bill would ensure that
the students of the said locality can avail the so-called “quality education” without having to
travel several kilometers, The realization of this bill also implies that the growing populace of
the Municipality is not taken for granted by the government specifically in the education
aspect.

In keeping our students in the classrooms, we are not only keeping our children in the
countryside but also keeping them away from the perils of vices and other evils of the society
prevalent in cities.

Thus, the passage of the bill is eamestly sought.



Republic of the Philippines

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Manila

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

Second Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 5829

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING THE TAN-AWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY
TAN-AWAN, MUNICIPALITY OF OSLOB, PROVINCE OF CEBU, TO BE KNOWN
AS TAN-AWAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS.
THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Establishment, ‘There shall be established, under the supervision of the
Department of Education, an autonomous national high school in Barangay Tan-awan,
Municipality of Oslob, Province of Cebu, to be known as the Tan-awan National High
School.

SEC, 2. /mplementation. The Secretary of Education shall immediately take the necessary
steps for the establishment of the school so as to make it operational during the first school
term after the effectivity of this Act

SEC. 3. Appropriation, The amount necessary for the implementation of this Act shall be
charged to the appropriations of the Department of Education under the current General
Appropriations Act, Thereafter, such amount as may be needed for the operations and
maintenance of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 4, Effectivity. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved,