Republi¢ of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No, 107

Introduced by HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

‘The Constitution, Article II, Section 17 states:

ON 17. The State shall give priority to education,

s, culture, and sports to foster patriotism
and nationalism, accelerate social progress, and promote total
human liberation and deyelopment.”

There is a need for scientific literacy in the information age. This is because the
State must hasten the knowledge, application and transfer of the benefits of science and
technology to the people in order that many of our fellow Filipinos can improve the
quality of their lives with higher productivity and increased earning power.

Director Ester Ogena of the stitution (SEI) of the
Department of nce and Technology (DOST) said that there is acute lack of science
and math teachers in public schools. Verily, according to UP Professor Vivien Talisayon,
many teachers in many public elementhry and high schools are forced to teach science
and math subjects they were not trained for.

Appeals for excellence, combined with the growing concer of our own
educators, have led to national and local initiatives to come up with a standard for the
teaching and learning of science to all genders, notwithstanding their economic status and
cultural background, in order that they can develop their critical thinking abilities and
skills as well as hone the qualities of a scientist which are curiosity, skepticism, open-
mindedness, and honesty when collecting and interpreting their scientific findings to
prove or disprove scientific theories.

Cavite has produced two (2) national scientists, Jose R. Velasco (February 4,
1916-fanuary 24, 2007) and Paulo Cangpos (July 7, 1921-June 2, 2007); Velasco was a
plant physiologist and an agricultural ¢hemist noted for his research on soil and plant
nutrition and on coconut diseases while Campos was a physician and educator noted for
his promotion of wider community health care and his achievements in the field of
nuclear mediciene for which he was dubbed as “The Father of Nuclear Medicine in the
Philippines”.

At present, Cavite has two (2) s¢ience high schools, both located in the 7" district
of Cavite. namely: Cavite Provincial Science High School at Maragondon and Tagaytay
Science High School at Tagaytay High School.

The conversion of the Bacoor National High School-Villa Maria Annex in
Barangay Molino II in the City of Bacoor into the Bacoor National Science High School
aims to achieve the foregoing objectives by offering a secondary school that will prepare


the students of one of the most populous city in the Philippines with a population of
520,216 (based on the 2010 Census of Population conducted by the National Statistics
Office) and the students of nearby legislative districts in Cavite into competitive and
productive members of the Philippines and the rest of the world.

It is hoped that with the conversion of the said school, the youth in Bacoor,

considered to be the city’s primary resource, will pursue scientific and technological
careers that can contribute to the scientific, social and economic development of Bacoor
and its nearby communities.

In view of the foregoing, approval of this bill is earnestly sought.

Ake Ba
REP-LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

2 District, Cavite



Republi¢ of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

as
House BILLNo,__ 40”

Introduced by HONORABLE LANI MERCADO-REVILLA

AN ACT CONVERTING THE BACOOR NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL-VILLA.
MARIA ANNEX IN BARANGAY MOLINO II, CITY OF BACOOR, PROVINCE
OF CAVITE INTO THE BACOOR NATIONAL SCI. 'E HIGH SCHOOL-
VILLA MARIA ANNEX SCHOOL TO BE KNOWN AS THE BACOOR
NATIONAL SCIENCE HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR

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

Section 1. Conversion into a National Science High School.- The Bacoor
National High School-Villa Maria Annex in Barangay Molino II, City of Bacoor,
Province of Cavite is hereby converted into a national science high school to be known as
the Bacoor National Science High School.

Sec. 2. Transfer of Assets and Lial ies.- All personnel, assets, liabilities and
records of the Bacoor National High School-Villa Maria Annex are hereby transferred to
and absorbed by the Bacoor National Science High School.

See. 3. Appropriations.- The Secretary of Education shall immediately include
in the Department's program the operationalization of the Bacoor National Science High
School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

Sec. 4. Implementation. - The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and
regulations that may be necessary to carry out the purpose of this Act.

Sec. 5. Effectivity. — This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication
in the Official Gazette or two (2) newspapers of general circulation.

Approved,