Republic of the Philippines

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First Regular Session j
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HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: CONGRESSMAN VICTOR J. YU

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Individual’s right to education is an internationally accepted component of human rights enshrined in
Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Article 14 of the International Covenant on
Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights. It is understood to mean the entitlement to free, compulsory and equitable
access to education.

In our country, the Filipinos right to education is embodied in Article XIV of the 1987 Constitution where
the state is mandated to protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels, and to make
such education accessible to all,

Itis for this reason that our government has instituted free elementary and secondary education, However,
access to educational systems deprived millions of children including adults of their right to education,

Consider for example in Barangay Tabuan, Tukuran, Zamboanga del Sur where the main source of income
is agriculture and majority of the population is living in poverty. The only hope of their children is to earn good
education to be assured of better jobs in the future. However, in order to avail of complete secondary education,
students will have to travel seven (7) kilometers from their barangay to the nearest secondary school, As a result, a
number of elementary graduates have sacrificed their right to education by ceasing to pursue secondary education
due to inaccessibility of the schools.

As an initiative, the Parents-Teachers-Community Association (PTCA) and the local officials of the
Municipality of Tukuran established an annex school known as Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School
Tabuan Annex, However, most of the teachers are borrowed only from the mother school and the rest are paid by
the PTCA and the LGU. Thus, it is believed that the separation of Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School -
Tabuan Annex from Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School - Main Campus which is the very purpose of th
bill will contribute a lot in providing accessible education to the nearby residents.

It is in this regard that this representation is secking for the immediate approval of this bill Separating
Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School -Tabuan Annex in Brgy. Tabuan, Municipality of Tukuran, Province of
Zamboanga del Sur from Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School - Main Campus, to be known as Tabuan
National High School.

Representative, Zamboanga del Sur


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2224

HOUSE BILL NO.

Introduced by: CONGRESSMAN VICTOR J. YU

AN ACT
SEPARATING TUKURAN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — TABUAN ANNEX,
BARANGAY TABUAN, MUNICIPALITY OF TUKURAN, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA DEL
SUR FROM TUKURAN TECHNICAL-VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL — MAIN, TO BE
KNOWN AS TABUAN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR.

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

SECTION 1. Separation and Conversion into a National High School. The Tukuran Technical-
Vocational High School -Tabuan Annex. in Brgy. Tabuan, Municipality of Tukuran, Province of Zamboanga
del Sur is hereby separated from Tukuran Technical-Vocational High School, Main Campus located in the
Municipality of Tukuran, and is converted into an independent national high school to be known as
Tabuan National High School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabili All personnel, records, assets and liabilities of
the Tukuran Technical-Vocational High Schoo! -Tabuan Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by the
‘Tabuan National High School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program and operationalization of the Tabuan National High School, the initial funding of
which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of Tukuran Technical-Vocational High
School -Tabuan Annex. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued operation of the school shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 4, Implementation. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this act.

SECTION 5. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect fifteen days after its publication in the Official
Gazette.

Approved.