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HOUSE BILL No, 8299 ik

INTRODUCED BY HON. JOSELITO “Jonjon” R. MENDOZA

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The proposed bill seeks to rename the Bulacan Agricultural State College
(BASC) into the Bulacan State College of Agriculture & Technology (BulSCAT), in
response to the need for institutional and academic growth in the College, to cope-up
and be responsive to the call of development. The College administration, faculty and
staff, students and other stakeholders are strongly united in their conviction that it is
high time for the college to be aggressive in jumpstarting development through offering
more technology-based programs and courses.

BASC is located in the Municipality of San Ildefonso, Bulacan, a product of more
than six decades of educational dynamism and sociopolitical metamorphoses. It is a
state-funded educational institution established in 1951 at Barangay Bintog, Plaridel,
Bulacan under the name Plaridel Community Agricultural High School. In 1952, it was
transferred to Barangay Pinaod, San Ildefonso, Bulacan and in 1953, it became the
Bulacan National Agricultural High School, The school officially became a chartered
state college in February 14, 1998, when then President Ramos signed into Law
Republic Act 8548 converting it into a chartered state college to be known as Bulacan
National Agricultural State College. In 2004, it was finally renamed as Bulacan
Agricultural State College (BASC).

The College earned a reputation of excellence in agricultural education and
fesearch and extension. However, the excellence it attained in the field of agriculture
would not make the country competitive in view of the developmental strategy in the
Asian region wherein technology-based skills and knowledge play a major role. Thus, it
is now imperative for the College to focus not just onagriculture-based program courses
but also on technology-based programs and/or courses as well. This endeavor would
have its full realization if the Bulacan Agricultural State College (BASC) can be
converted into the Bulacan State College of Agriculture &Technology (BulSCAT).

The globalization of labor, market and production of goods and services as well
as the ASEAN economic integration made it more compelling for the college to strive
hard in order that its graduates will be globally competitive. Our beloved country should
not be left behind in terms of the competitiveness of our labor force, otherwise, it will
weaken our national economy as an inevitable consequence thereof. In order to avoid
this situation, the College is determined to do its share by focusing not only on
programs and/or courses which are germane to the field of agriculture but also on
technology-based programs and/or courses. Again, this canbe more realized through
the renaming of the college as sought for.


As we need more academic institutions which can provide our labor force with
the required skills and knowledge not only in the field of agriculture butin technology-
related endeavors as well, the passage of this bill is earnestly and urgently requested.

jonjon” R. MEN


SIXTEENTH CONGRESS

CONGRESS OF THE PHILIPPINES }
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Third Regular Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
H.B.No._ 629

BY REPRESENTATIVE JOSELITO “JONJON” R. MENDOZA

AN ACT RENAMING THE BULACAN AGRICULURAL STATE
COLLEGE (BASC) TO BULACAN STATE COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE & TECNOLOGY ( BulSCAT)

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

SECTION 1. Renaming of Agricultural School. - The name of Bulacan
Agricultural Sate College (BASC) is hereby changed to Bulacan State College of
Agriculture & Technology (BulSACT).

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy. - The State shall give priority to education,
science and technology, which inevitably requires that educational institutions must be
responsive to the call of the times and to the need for institutional and academic growth
as well as the needs of its stakeholders.

SECTION 3 Additional Courses to be Offered after Renaming. The College, after
its renaming shall officially offer, but not limited to, the following priority courses per
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Memorandum Order 1, series of 2014, to wit:

a. Information Technology:
Programming
Computer Science
Information Systems Management

b. Engineering
Electronic
Industrial Engineering
Electronics &Communication Engineering

c. Industrial Technology
Garments
Industrial Automation Technology
Welding and Fabrication.

SECTION 4. In the event that there is still a need to expand the courses to be
offered by the College other than those specified in the preceding paragraph, the
College as renamed shall secure prior approval from concerned government agencies,
primarily from the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).

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

Approved,