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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1456

Introduced by Honorable Carmelo F. Lazatin

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Although the Philippines has a high adult literacy rate of 94.7 percent for
female and 92.5 percent for male, the country’s education system is declining

continuously.

In fact, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural
Organizations (UNESCO) report ranked the Philippines 74* in terms of education
development, falling behind Vietnam, 65"; Indonesia, 58 and Mongolia, 615.

Newspaper reports also cited that the Philippines showed poor
performance in Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study. In fact,
in 2003, the country ranked 41 in Science and 42 in Math out of 45 countries.

On top of the poor education system, many Filipino children are forced to
drop out from schools because of their families’ lack of sufficient means to
provide for their basic needs. Instead of going to school, these children engage
in labor unfit for their age to supplement their meager income.

With this kind of situation, the country is faced with another alarming
problem — the inability to produce able and quality manpower needed to develop
Its economy and our inability to supply the demand of the world market with
competitive workers.

Measures not just to uplift the quality of education in our country and to
produce highly competitive graduates must be adapted to ensure the survival of
the economy,

For the past years, national Science High Schools numbering to 15 in the

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entire country have been producing competitive graduates especially in the field

of Sclence and Math.

The creation of Science high schoois In each province and highly urbanized
city, which will be subsidized by both the national government through the
Department of Education and the iocal government units concerned will ensure
that these country will be producing a more competitive and productive
individual of the society while efficiently addressing issues concerning education,
family, brain drain, economy, among others, which is primarily rooted on
poverty.

In view of the foregoing premises, the approval of this bill is earnestly
sought.

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Republic of the Philippines.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City, Metro Mantia

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS,
First Regular Session

House Bill No. 1456

Introduced by Honorable Carmelo F. Lazatin

AN ACT
REQUIRING ALL PROVINCES AND HIGHLY-URBANIZED CITIES TO
ESTABLISH A SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL.

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

SECTION 1. Title. - This Act shall be known and cited as the “Science
High School Establishment Act.”

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy, ~ It is the declared policy of the State to
uplift the quality of education and to equip the youth with knowledge to make
them competitive and productive citizens.

SECTION. 3, Statement of Goals and Objectives, - It is the goal and
objective of this Act to:

+ Promote and strengthen the quality of education;
+ To produce globally-competitive individuals;

SECTION 5. Establishment of Science High Schools. - All provinces and
highly-urbanized cities are hereby mandated to establish a Science high
schools within their Jurisdiction, Provincial and city officials together with the
Department of Education shall work for the establishment of the school.

SECTION 6. Funding Source —1n order to finance the establishment
and the continuous operation of the Science high school, the provincial and
city government and district representatives shall allocate a substantial
amount enough to ensure the sustainability of the program.

SECTION 7. Separability Clause. - If any provisions or part hereof, is


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invalid or unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or the provision not
otherwise affected shall remain valid and subsisting.

SECTION 8. Repealing Clause. - Any law, presidential decree or
issuance, executive order, letter of instruction, administrative order, rule of
regulation contrary to or inconsistent with, the provisions of this Act is hereby
repealed, modified, or amended accordingly.

SECTION 9, Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15)
days after its publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,

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