Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

7921

HOUSE BILL NO.

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ISAGANI S. AMATONG
3*4 District, Zamboanga del Norte

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education liberates one from ignorance, and society from the bondage
of poverty. Precisely, it is a policy, if not a mandate, of the State to
establish, maintain and pro-actively promote an adequate, effective
system of education relevant and responsive to the needs of the time
and of its own constituents.

While efforts of the national government to improve its educational
system have been endless, a little re-direction may be in order.
Educational institutions, both public and private, prefer to locate in
urban centers, to the detriment of the youth in the less developed
areas of the country, resulting to socio-economic inequity. It is
imperative to make, as a matter of policy, quality education equitably
accessible to the many who aspire to be of greater service to their
fellowmen and to society as a whole.

The establishment of the Siocon Science High School in Siocon,
Zamboanga del Norte, with emphasis on the sciences, is intended to
make readily available by reason of proximity, educational programs
and facilities of the state, in places where they are strategically needed
by its youth, in particular, and the community in general.

Siocon is one of the progressive towns of Zamboanga del Norte,
particularly in the South of the Zamboanga peninsula. It has a big
hectarage of irrigated ricelands, its own seaport and airport; inhabited
by migrants from Luzon and Visayas, indigenous peoples and the


Muslim. Siocon is virtual melting pot of the South. It has an annexed
campus of Jose Rizal Memorial State University. What it needs,
among others, is a strong science high school that affords a wider
option for its youths’ life - career, based on their aptitudes and
inclinations.

In view thereof the passage of this bill is earnestly sought.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

Seventeenth Congress
Third Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO.. 7921

INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVE ISAGANI S. AMATONG
34 District, Zamboanga del Norte

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL IN THE
MUNICIPALITY OF SIOCON PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE TO
BE KNOWN AS SIOCON SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Siocon Science
High School Act”.

SECTION 2. - Establishment of a Science High School. ~ There is hereby
established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, a
science high school in the municipality of Siocon, province of Zamboanga
del Norte to be known as the Siocon Science High School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the Department’s program the operationalization of
the Siocon Science High School, the funding of which shall be included in
the 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 within (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,