Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

2220

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.

It is in 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 Daniel C. Mantos, Mahayag, Zamboanga del Sur where the main source
of income is agriculture and majority of the populati ng in poverty. The only hope of their children is to
ean good education to be assured of better jobs in the future. However, in order to avail of secondary education,
students will have to travel three (3) 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 Mahayag established an annex school known as San Jose National High School - Daniel C.
Mantos Annex. However, most of the teachers are borrowed only from the mother school and the rest are paid by
the PTCA. Thus, it is believed that the separation of San Jose National High School - Daniel C. Mantos Annex
from San Jose National High School Main Campus which is the very purpose of this bill will contribute a lot in
providing accessible education to the nearby residents.

It is in this regard, that this representation is seeking for the immediate approval of this bill Separating San
Jose National High School - Daniel C. Mantos Annex in Barangay Daniel C. Mantos, Municipality of Mahayag,
Province of Zamboanga del Sur from San Jose National High Main Campus, to be known as Daniel C, Mantos
National High School.

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Representative, 1* Distri boanga del Sur


Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

SIXTEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILLNO.__2220.

Introduced by: CONGRESSMAN VICTOR J. YU

AN ACT
SEPARATING SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - DANIEL C. MANTOS ANNEX,
BARANGAY DANIEL C. MANTOS, MUNICIPALITY OF MAHAYAG, PROVINCE OF
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR FROM SAN JOSE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL - MAIN, TO BE
KNOWN AS DANIEL C. MANTOS 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 San Jose National
High School - Daniel C. Mantos Annex in Barangay Daniel C. Mantos, Municipality of Mahayag,
Province of Zamboanga del Sur is hereby separated from San Jose National High School, Main Campus
located in the Municipality of Mahayag, and is converted into an independent national high school to be
known as Daniel C. Mantos National High School.

SECTION 2. Transfer of Assets and Liabilities. All personnel, records, assets and liabilities of
the San Jose National High School — Daniel C. Mantos Annex are hereby transferred to and absorbed by
the Daniel C. Mantos National High School.

SECTION 3. Appropriations. The Secretary of Education shall immediately include in the
Department’s program and operationalization of the Daniel C. Mantos National High School, the initial
funding of which shall be charged against the current year’s appropriations of San Jose National High
School ~ Daniel C. Mantos 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.