Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

1795

HOUSE BILL NO.

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:
“Sec. 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 x x”

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 5,575,945 high school students and 146,255 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 Greenvalley San Nicolas 3, City of Bacoor, the urgent
passage of this bill is earnestly sought

REI I MERCADO- REVILLA



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 1795

Introduced by HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SAN NICOLAS II,
CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS BACOOR
NATIONAL HIGH 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 Bacoor National High School. There is hereby established
under the supervision of the Department of Education, a high school in Barangay San Nicolas
IIL, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite, to be known as Bacoor National High School

Section 2. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program the operationalization of the Bacoor National High 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,