Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO. 3092

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B. 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.”

There is a need for scientific literacy in the information age. This is because the
State must hasten the knowledge, application and transfer of the benefits of science and
technology to the people in order that many of our fellow Filipinos can improve the quality
of their lives with higher productivity and increased earning power.

Director Ester Ogena of the Science Education Institution (SEI) of the Department
of Science and Technology (DOST) said that there is acute lack of science and math
teachers in public schools. Verily, according to UP Professor Vivien Talisayon, many

teachers in many public elementary and high schools are forced to teach science and math
subjects they were not trained for.

Appeals for excellence, combined with the growing concern of our own educators,
have led to national and local initiatives to come up with a standard for the teaching and
learning of science to all genders, notwithstanding their economic status and cultural
background, in order that they can develop their critical thinking abilities and skills as well
as hone the qualities of a scientist which are curiosity, skepticism, open-mindedness, and
honesty when collecting and interpreting their scientific findings to prove or disprove
scientific theories.

Cavite has produced two (2) national scientists, Jose R. Velasco (February 4, 1916-
January 24, 2007) and Paulo Campos (July 7, 1921-June 2, 2007); Velasco was a plant
physiologist and an agricultural chemist noted for his research on soil and plant nutrition
and on coconut diseases while Campos was a physician and educator noted for his
promotion of wider community health care and his achievements in the field of nuclear
medicine for which he was dubbed as “The Father of Nuclear Medicine in the
Philippines”.

At present, Cavite has two (2) science high schools, both located in the 7" district
of Cavite, namely: Cavite Provincial Science High School at Maragondon and Tagaytay
Science High School at Tagaytay High School.

The conversion of the Bacoor National High School-Villa Maria Annex in
Barangay Molino II, City of Bacoor into the Bacoor National Science High School aims to
achieve the foregoing objectives by offering a secondary school that will prepare the
students of one of the most populous city in the Philippines with a population of 600,609
(PSA, 2015) and the students of nearby legislative districts in Cavite into competitive and
productive members of the Philippines and the rest of the world.


It is hoped that with the conversion of the said school, the youth in Bacoor,
considered to be the city’s primary resource, will pursue scientific and technological
careers that can contribute to the scientific, social and economic development of Bacoor
and its nearby communities.

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

2™ District, Cavite


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

EIGHTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

3092
HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B. REVILLA

AN ACT SEPARATING BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-VILLA MARIA
ANNEX IN BARANGAY MOLINO II, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF
CAVITE FROM BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — MOLINO,
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH
SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BACOOR NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH
SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

Section 1. The Bacoor National High School-Villa Maria Annex in Barangay
Molino II, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite is hereby separated from the Bacoor National
High School ~ Molino and converted into an independent national science high school to
be known as the Bacoor National Science High School.

Sec. 2. All personnel, assets, liabilities and records of the Bacoor National High
School-Villa Maria Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the Bacoor National
Science High School.

See. 3. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the Department's
program the operationalization of the Bacoor National Science High School, the initial
funding of which shall be charged against the current year's appropriation of the Bacoor
National High School — Villa Maria Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the
continued operation of the school shall be included in the annual General Appropriation
Act.

Sec. 4. The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations to carry out the
purpose of this Act.

Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the Official
Gazette or two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,