‘Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quegon City

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No. 337

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This reenacts House Bill No. 4022 which has been approved by the
14" Congress on 28 May 2008 and transmitted to and received by the
Senate on 04 June 2008.

This bill aims to provide the youth of Camarines Sur equal access to
a free and quality education (with emphasis on science and technology)
through the establishment in secondary education of science and
technology to be located in the capital town of Pili, province of Camarines
Sur and to be known as the Camarines Sur Science and Technology High
School.

This bill is recommended for approval, consistent with the
constitutional mandate that 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. Likewise, the State’s recognition of the vital
role of the youth in nation-building as well as the promotion and
protection of their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-
being have greatly influenced this proposal to establish this high school
because the Province of Camarines Sur has no science and technology
high school at the present time.

Education is the great equalizer. Providing those who have less in
life with quality education specifically in science and technology, opens up
an opportunity to be on equal footing with those who are financially and
materially blessed. Public school education opens doors for our less
fortunate citizens by providing later on better employment opportunities
despite having come from humble backgrounds.



At present, there is no science and technology high school in the
capital town of Camarines Sur, giving our high school students less
opportunities to be at par and competitive with their counterparts within
Camarines Sur and other part of the Bicol region. This predicament
likewise deprives the youth of Camarines Sur from further exposure to
developments in information technology, an essential adjunct to science
and technology courses.

Given the above rationale, it is clear that the capital town of Pili will
greatly benefit from the establishment of the Camarines Sur Science and
Technology High School.

Finally, Article XIV, Section I of the Constitution provides that “the
State shall protect and promote the right of all citizens of quality
education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such
education accessible to all.”

For all the foregoing reasons, the immediate passage of this pill is
earnestly requested.

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LUIS R. VILLAFUERTE



Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
@ueson Cty

FIFTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

House BILino. 337

AN ACT TO ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PILI,
PROVINCE OF CAMARINES SUR TO BE KNOWN AS CAMARINES
SUR NATIONAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOL
AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR

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

SECTION 1. Establishment of a National Science and
Technology High School. - There is hereby established, under the
supervision of the Department of Education, a national science and
technology high school in the Municipality of Pili, Province of Camarines
Sur to be known as Camarines Sur National Science and Technology High
School.

Sec. 2. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education shall
immediately include in the Department's program the operationalization of
Camarines Sur National Science and Technology High School, the funding
of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 3. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue
such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the purpose
of this Act.

Sec. 4. Effectivity. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days
after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Approved,