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Republic of the Philippines RECESVED
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City pare: | 8 JUL 2016
Tne, By
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS i
First Regular Session BY:
HOUSE BILL No._ 1679 CASTRATION aaerr

BILLS AND ANDEX SERVICE

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B. REVILLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE,

The Constitution, Article II, Section 17 states:

SCTION 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, S

tion | 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, S

tion 2, paragraphs (1) and (2) provides:
“Sec. 2. The State shall:

(ly

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 xx”

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
retary General Romulo A. Virola of the National Statistical Coordination Board entitled,
son 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 15,114,208 elementary pupils and 5,928,042. secondary students
enrolled for SY 2014-2015. Bacoor City has 50, 852 elementary enrollees and 18,338 secondary
student enrollees (DepEd EBEIS SY 2014-2015). Bacoor has a population of 520,216 (based on
the 2010 Census of Population conducted by the National Statistivs Office). Bacoor has a
population of 540,170 (NSCB, 2011), There is a need for a high school in the Salinas area
because the four (4) barangays comprising it has a total population of 19,059 (NSCB 2011)
‘There are only five (5) high schools- Bacoor National High School, Bacoor National High
School-Main, Bacoor National High School-Gawaran Annex, Bacoor National High School-
Eastern Bacoor and Bacoor National High School-Villa Maria Annex, catering to the entire
student population of the City of bacoor and the nearby cities and municipalities. Thus, the
urgent passage of this bill is earnestly sought.

REP. STRIKE B. REVILLA
2™ District, Cavite


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SEVENTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL NO, 16

Introduced by HONORABLE STRIKE B, REVILLA

AN AC BLISHING A HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY SALINAS 2,
CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE OF CAVITE TO BE KNOWN AS
CITY OF BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-SALINAS AND
APPROPRIATING FUNE HEREOF

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

Section 1.Establishment of City of Bacoor National High School-Salinas. There is hereby
established under the supervision of the Department of Education a high school in Barangay
Salinas 2, City of Bacoor, Province of Cavite, to be known as City of Bacoor National High
School-Salinas.

Section 2.Appropriations.The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department's program the operationalization of the City of Bacoor National High School-
linas, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

‘ection 3.Implementation.The Secretary of Education shall issue rul
that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act,

and regulations

is Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in the
spapers of general circulation

Approved,