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HOUSE BILL NO. 4254

Introduced by Representative Salvador B. Belaro, Jr.
EXPLANATORY NOTE

In many developed economies, the academe is an indispensable partner of
industry as research, the output of academe, is the time-tested catapult of
innovations in business and the private sector. Thus, there is a strong research
culture in those countries.

For our country to fast-track our development objectives, there is a need
to promote a research culture among our academic institutions.

One way to do so is to provide incentives for research via the
institutionalization of an annual research competition among higher educations
in the country such as the one subject of this Act.

SALVADOR B. Beane. JR.
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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Constitution Hills, Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO4254

Introduced by Representative Salvador B, Belaro, Jr.

AN ACT
PROVIDING FOR AN ANNUAL R ARCH COMPETITION
AMONG COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES

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

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the “Research
Competition Act of 2016”,

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. It is the policy of the State to give priority to
education, and science and technology, among others, to accelerate social
progress, and promote human liberation and development,

SEC. 3. All schools and universities are mandated to hold an annual research
competition among their college students. For this purpose, competition
categories along fields of study may be made by each college or university.

Ss 4, There shall also be an annual provincial research competition among
colleges and universities within a particular province or region which shall be
participated in by the winners of the research competition in the school level.
Furthermore, the winners of the provir competition shall also compete in the
annual regional competition. Finally, the winners in the annual regional
competition shall compete in the national annual research competition.



°. 5. To foster a research culture among our colleges and universities,
monetary prizes shall be awarded to the winning student researchers and their
coaches.

SEC. 6, The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in collaboration with
the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) are mandated to formulate
the rules and regulations of this Act.

SEC, 7. The funds necessary to carry out the provision of this Act shall be
included in the General Appropriation Act of the year following its enactment
into law and thereafter

SEC. 8. Separability Clause. If any provision or part hereof is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the remainder of the law or provision not otherwise affected
shall remain valid and subsisting.

SEC. 9. Repealing Clause. All laws, orders, issuances rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with any provisions of this Act are hereby repealed,
modified or amended accordingly.

SEC. 10. Effectivity Clause. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its
publication in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation,

Approved.