THIRTEENTH CONGBESS OF “HE 
First Regular Session 
REPUBLIC OF TECE PHILIPPINES 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Nan-formal education (”E) programs and projects are implemented by the Department of 
Education (DepEd) through the Bureau of Non-brmd Education in each of the regions of the 
country. Each region is subdivided into school divisions. Each division is hrther subdivided into 
school districts numbering 2,046 all over the Philippines. 
The District NFE coordinators are the persons most directly and actively involved in the over- 
all implementation and coordination of NFE programs and projects within the service of the school 
division. While the Division NFE superrisor serves as plannedpolicy-maker, the District NFE 
coordinator is the immediate implementing personnel of such plans or project proposals in the 
schools and communities involved in the district areas. The position calls for dynamic leadership and 
creative talent in order to convert NFE plans or programs and ideas into wholesome, productive and 
income-pfierating activities. 
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It was precisely in vim of the importance of the position that NFE workshops and seminars as 
well as scholarship programs leading to the degree of Master of Arts in Non-formal Education were 
initiated by DECS. Indeed, there are, at present, a number of colleges and universities, both public 
and private, which offer undergraduate cow~ses in NEE. 
Now, as before, district NFE coordmtors also perform the work of classroom teachers with 
teaching loads. For all their responsibilities, they are only paid the salary of elementary grade 
teachers. To this day, there is no item for district NFE coordinators in the plantilla of every school 
district in the country. 
It is strongly believed that the creation of national budget items for district non- formal 
education coordinators will not only do justice to school teachers who are made 
to perfom dual 
fbnctions but will also go a long way in giving the NFE programs and projects the focus and the 
attention they deserve. Mer all, such programs prpvide perhaps the only opportunity for a great 
number of our people, adult and children alike, to have access to some systematized educational 
activity outside the fi-mework of the formal school system. 
In view of the foregoing, the passage of this bill is e 
stly requested. 
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TEIRTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
First Regular Session 
REPUBLIC OF T'1BcE PHILIPPINES 
SENAT@ ' 
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PROvJlDTNG FOR TBE STRENGmNING OF NQN-FWMAL EDUCATION BY 
CREATING I[TEIMS FOR D1[STRICT NON-FORMAX, EDUCATION CM)RIIINATO1Rs 
AND TEACXEW, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
SECTION 1. 
Declaratiort of Puliq. - It shall be the policy of the State to plan, 
implement and encourage non-formal and indigenous ducation programs that would respond to 
cornunity needs and provide adult citizens, the disabled and out-of-school youths with the 
necessary skills to make them productive members of society. 
SEC, 2. Creation of Positions. - The position of district non-formal education coordinator is 
hereby created in every school district in the Philippines, Elementary grade teachers who are 
actually designated and pedoming the duties and functions of a district son-formal education 
coordinator shall have the rank and privileges of an elementary school principal subject to 
adjustments approvexi by the Department of Budget arld Management (DBM). 
There shall dso be created items for at least two taetchers for non-formai education in each 
school district under the Bureau of Non-Formal Education of the Department of Education (DepEd). 
Each NFE teacher shall have the rank and privileges of a regular teacher under the Department. 
SEC. 3. Dutia - The district coordinators and teachers shall be responsible for the year-round 
implementation of the projects and programs of the Bureau of Non-Formal Education @epEd). 
Furthermore, they shall initiate and plan such other programs as they may deem necessary for the 
advancement of non-fomal education in their respective districts and shall maintain close working 
relationship with the schooi principal and with the nongovernmental orgarhitions (NGO's) duly accredited 
by the Department of Education. 
SEC. 4. Qualifidons - The district non-ford education coordinatols shall meet the qualiflwtion 
standards to be determined by the Department of Education: Provided, however, Tbat, in case of district non- 
formal education teachers the qualification stmdarc?s shall be appropriate to the nature and scope ofthe 
various non-fond education activities- Provided, tinther, That, the following general quaMiatiom for both 
are met: 
(4.1) 
(4.2) 
(4.3) 
(4.4) 
Possess an appropriate civil service eligibility or its equivalent; 
Appropriate training and/or experience in non-traditional methods of learning; 
Ability to organim and implement non-fod education program and activities-, and 
Skills in litewy &cation and livelihood developmmt. 


Each non-formal education teacher must possess such skills, training and quabfimtion~ necessary for 
the effiive implementation of non-bml education p~+ogmns. 
SEC, 5, Appropriations. - Tlhe amount needed to carry out the provisions of this Act shall be c&gd 
against the currant year's appropriations of the Department of Education appropriated for the non-formal 
education. 
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary fbr the operation and xnahtcnma of the 
program and to carry out the purposes of this Act shall be included in the General Appropriations Act. 
SEC. 6. hplemt??ztirtg Guidelines, . The Secretary of Education shall issue the necessary guidelines 
for the immediate and effective implementation of tbis Act within sixty (60) days of its approval: Provided, 
however, That such guidelines shall include a proviso on cofllplementiltion with the Techaicai 
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) with respect tc, skills development and with the 
Commission on Higher Educatio~ (CHED) on the pre-service ducation of NFE coordinators a d  teachers. 
The Secretary shall submit to both Comtllinees on Education of the Senate and House of 
d e r  its 
Representatives copies of the implementing rules and guidelines within thirty (30) days 
promulgation. 
Any violation of this section shall render the official/s concerned liable under R.A. No. 6713, 
otherwise horn as the "Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for mblic Officials and Employees" 
and other existing administrative and/or criminal laws. 
SEC, 7, Repealing CZ'se. 
- All laws, decrees, acts, rules and regulations or parts thereof 
which &re inconsistent with this Act am hereby repealed or modified accordingly. 
SEC. 
8, Sewability CZawe. - If 
any provision of this Act is declared 
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other provisions thereof. 
Sac. 9, Eflecfivity. - This Act shall take &ect fifteen (1 5) days &er its 
publication 
in at least two (2) newspapers of general circulation. 
Approved,