Nog &,
SIXTEENTH (16'"') CONGRESS a
First (1%) Regular Session

1453

House Bill

Introduced by HON.. VICENTE F, BELMONTE, JR.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

lligan City National School of Fisheries (ICNSF) was established as a
secondary school over forty(40) years ago or on May 4, 1973 by virtue of the passage
of Republic Act No. 4625 entitled “An Act providing for the establishment of a school
of fishery in the City of Iligan, and authorizing the appropriation of funds therefore”.
Situated in Barangay Buru-un, Iligan City, ICNSF is bounded on the north by national
highway, lligan-Marawi Rd., stretching from east to south by Mimbalot River, and on
the west by Linamon River. Of the total land area of ten (10) hectares, approximately
three and a half (3.5) hectares is occupied by classrooms, administration building and
service areas. Three(3) hectares cover fresh water ponds divided into different
compartments: one(1) for head, two(2) for breeding and six(6) for rearing; and the
remaining three and a half(3.5) hectares is for parks, roads, pathways, vegetation and
mini forest areas.

ICNSF has more than nine hundred (900) enrollees to date. Among secondary
schools all over the country, ICNSF was one of the first to have indicated its
willingness to serve as model school for the Senior High School (SHS) curriculum in
2010. Emerging as a top model school to the “K-12 Program” of the Department of
Education (DepEd), ICNSF offers several “career pathways” for SHS students. In
fact, by the end of March 2013, ICNSF started producing world-class fish capture
workers, specialized welders, caregivers, massage therapists, technical drafters as well
as cooks who are absorbed by certain prestigious food chains and other private
catering firms after their immersion with such companies and obtaining National
Certification Level Il (NC II) from Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA). These include courses in Fish Capture, Basic Culinary Arts with
specialization in local and international cuisine including bread and pastry production
and baking, specialized Welding Technology and Aquaculture Technology, among
several others, The course in Fish Capture is offered with ladderized system that leads
to special courses in Marine Transportation, Marine Engineering or Marine Electrical
Installation and Maintenance,



An exemplar, functional and progressive fisheries school, ICNSF is presently
vying to be given Level III accreditation as a technical vocational school by the year
2015. Thus, this modest representation now seeks for consideration the conversion of
the Iligan City National School of Fisheries (ICNSF) from a fisheries school into a
school of arts and trade which shall be known as Iligan City School of Arts and Trade
(ICSAT).

Approval of this bill is henceforth earnestly sought.

REP. VICENTE F\ BELMONTE, JR.


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTEENTH (16"™') CONGRESS
First (1") Regular Session

House Bill No. 1453

Introduced by HON, VICENTE F, BELMONTE, JR.

AN ACT
CONVERTING THE ILIGAN CITY NATIONAL SCHOOL OF
FISHERIES (ICNSF) FROM A FISHERIES SCHOOL INTO A
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADE TO BE KNOWN AS ILIGAN CITY
SCHOOL OF ARTS AND TRADE (ICSAT) AND APPROPRIATING
FUNDS THEREFORE

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

SECTION 1. This Act provides for the conversion of the Iligan City National
School of Fisheries (ICNSF) from a fisheries school to a school of arts and trade
which shall be known as Iligan City School of Arts and Trade (ICSAT).

SECTION 2, The Secretary of Education shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the effective implementation of this Act including appropriations
necessary for the operations of the school, which shall thereafter be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 3. Republic Act No, 4625 and all other laws, orders, issuances, rules
and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the provision of this Act are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its
publication in at least two (2) publications of general circulation.

APPROVED,