Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

House au no.4890

Introduced by Hon. ANGELO B. PALMONES and Hon. HOMER A. MERCADO

AN ACT
TO INCLUDE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION IN THE GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Road traffic accidents claim 1.3 million* lives worldwide annually and on the average over
and 1,000 people under the age of 25 die every day on the road. On the home front, at least
2,000 Filipino children under 14 years old die yearly while on the road and at least 150,000
of the road accident victims that are admitted to hospitals and for emergency care are
predominantly child-pedestrians.

Agencies of government which include the Department of Transportation and
Communications, the Department of Public Works and Highways, the Department of
Interior and Local Government, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and
the Commission on Higher Education including the business and the private sector, the
media and the academe and other stakeholders have joined forces and formulated the
Philippine Road Safety Action Plan 2011-2020 to address the 14.6 % annual growth rate in
road accident fatalities. The goal of the Plan is to reduce by 50% the annual growth rate of
fatalities from road accidents in the country.

As guardians of the basic needs and protector of their constituencies the House of
Representatives must take the lead in ensuring protection to vulnerable road users like

* Global status report on road safety


child-pedestrians. This can be achieved by supporting all road safety strategic measures and
programs that inculcate in the minds of school children through early basic education to
achieve behavioral changes and discipline in road use.

This Act mandates the Department of Education to include road safety education in the
basic education curricula for the elementary and high school levels. It also mandates the
Department of Transportation and Communication and the Department of Public Works and
Highways to address road safety concerns for youthful road users. The importance of this
Act cannot be overemphasized and it is urged that the House of Representatives approved it
for enactment soonest.

ANGELO B. PALMONES,
ive, AGHAM Party-list

Lt ‘A. MERCADO
Representative, 1-UTAK Party-list


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
Second Regular Session

rouse suino, 489 a

Introduced by Hon. ANGELO B. PALMONES and Hon. HOMER A. MERCADO

AN ACT
TO INCLUDE ROAD SAFETY EDUCATION IN THE GRADE SCHOOL AND HIGH SCHOOL
CURRICULA AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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

SECTON 1. Title, This Act shall be known as the Road Safety Education Act of 2011.

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State to protect its citizens especially
the young from road and traffic accidents and will adopt programs and strategies that will
advance this policy through education.

SECTION 3. Road Safety Education in Elementary and High School Curricula - The
Department of Education (DepED) shall include in the curricula for elementary and high
school road safety education.

SECTION 4. Road Safety Education by the Department of Transportation and
Communication and by the Department of Public Works and Highways ~ The Department
of Transportation and Communication (DOTC) and the Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) shall address road safety concerns for youthful road users with
collaborative programs with the DepEd, provide infrastructures and funding allocations to
develop and improve road safety behavior and environment around school zones.

SECTION S. implementing rules and regulations - The DepEd in collaboration with the
DOTC and the DPWH shall issue within 180 days from the date of approval of this Act, the
implementing rules and regulations for this Act.


SECTION 10. Separability clause - Any portion or provision of this Act which may be
declared unconstitutional or invalid shall not have the effect of nullifying other portions
or provisions hereof,

SECTION 11. Repealing Clause. - All other laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and
other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Act, are hereby
repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 12. Effectivity Clause - This Act shall take effect immediately after its
publication in two (2) Newspapers of general circulation.

Approved.