Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1796

Introduced by HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE
The Constitution, Article II, Section 17 states:

“SECTION 17. The State shall give priority to education,
science and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism
and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total
human liberation and development.”

Further, Article 14, Section 1 mandates:

“Sec. 1. The State shall protect and promote the right of all
citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate
steps to make such education accessible to all.”

Moreover, the same Article, Section 2, paragraphs (1) and (2) provides:
“See. 2. The State shall

(1) Establish, maintain, and support a complete,
adequate, and integrated system of education relevant
to the needs of the people and society;

(2) Establish and maintain a system of free public
education in the elementary and high school levels. x
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It is the obligation of the State to provide a complete, adequate and integrated
quality education to the youth because of their vital role in nation-building. However, in
the article of Secretary General Romulo A. Virola of the National Statistical Coordination
Board entitled, Statistics on Philippine Education: Good News and Bad News, Dr. Virola
reported that the Philippines only spends 3.3% of its Gross Domestic Product on public
educational institutions for all levels of education, which is lower than 7.4% for
Malaysia, 4.0% for Thailand and all WEI countries and 5.2% average for OECD
countries.

The Philippines has 13,228,304 elementary students and 363,955 elementary
teachers (NSCB, 2010-2012 Study). In the City of Bacoor, the teacher-student ratio is
now 1:120 — far from the goal of the Department of Education to limit the ratio to 1:50
(NCSB, August 1, 2007). Bacoor has a population of 520,216 (based on the 2010 Census
of Population conducted by the National Statistics Office). In Barangay San Nicolas III,
the population is 33,022. Recognizing the need to provide quality education in Barangay
San Nicolas III, City of Bacoor, the urgent passage of this bill is eamestly sought.

REP. LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

2™ District, Cavite


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 1796

Introduced by HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA.

AN ACT ESTABLISHING AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN
NICOLAS II, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN
AS SAN NICOLAS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF

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

Section 1. Establishment of San Nicolas East Elementary School. There is
hereby established under the supervision of the Department of Education an elementary
school in Barangay San Nicolas III, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite, to be known as
San Nicolas East Elementary School

Section 2. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include
in the Department’s program the operationalization of the San Nicolas East Elementary
School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Section 3. Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and
regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act

Section 4.  Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after
publication in the Official Gazette or two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,