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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINE:
First Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3462

House Bill No.

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE PIA S. CAYETANO

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education has always been at the forefront of Philippine executive and
legislative agenda, The national budget for the Department of Education (DepEd) for
the coming 2017 fiscal year amounts to P567.6 billion, which is the largest allocation
submitted by the present administration to the Philippine Congress, with a P134.18
billion increase from last year’s budget for the said agency

Clearly, education is this administration's top priority.

However, significant shortages and backlogs still exist in the number of
schools to be constructed nationwide. And nowhere is the tragedy of poverty more
painfully experienced than in connection with the lack of quality and accessible
education. It has been reported that “as more families (have) become poorer, more
students are enrolling in public schools, particularly high school,” which trend,
according to concerned organized groups, “has exerted tremendous pressure on the
smaller number of high schools.”*

No less than the 1987 Philippine Constitution recognizes the right to
education as a basic right that must be afforded to all citizens, particularly the
nation's children. To prevent further entrenchment of social inequalities and foster
unhampered national development and growth, the Constitution rightly mandates the
government to provide for “a system of free public education in the elementary and
high school levels.” (Section 2, par. 2, Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution)

Despite this, the country’s problem of inadequacy of public educational
institutions continues to persist, a situation which the government must immediately
address lest the nation’s youth become further entrenched in the quagmires of
iliteracy, poverty and destitution. Given the real shortages in the number of public
schools in the country, local governments have sought to mirror and bolster DepEd’s
efforts by advocating for the meaningful accessibility of quality education. in line with
this, the City of Taguig has consistently focused its projects and programs towards
extending quality educational opportunities to the people.

 Umil, Mare Anne D. “Shortages, Jack of budget still afflict public school system.


This bill aims to provide a chance at such quality and accessible education to
the hope of our nation through the creation of a high school in Barangay Maharlika in
the City of Taguig, to be known as “Maharlika Village National High School”, Through
the passage of this bill, a better future will be on the horizon for the hope of our
nation, one that is free from the shackles of poverty, unproductivity and destitution

In view of these considerations, the immediate approval of this bill is highly

and earnestly sought.
Pia B. Casting
PIA S. CAYETANO
2" District of Taguig City


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SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES
First Regular Session
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3462

House Bill No.

Introduced by REPRESENTATIVE PIA S. CAYETANO

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY MAHARLIKA
VILLAGE IN THE SECOND DISTRICT OF THE CITY OF TAGUIG, TO BE KNOWN
AS MAHARLIKA VILLAGE 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 1. Establishment of a National High School. — There is hereby
established, under the supervision of the Department of Education, a national high
school in Barangay Maharlika Village in the Second District of the City of Taguig, to
be known as "Maharlika Village National High School’.

SEC. 2. Appropriations. ~ The Secretary of Education shall immediately
include in the Department's program the operationalization of Maharlika Village
National High School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act

SEC. 3, Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules
and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

SEC. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,