REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
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SENATE 
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Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
Entrepreneurship is the practice of starting new organizations or 
revitalizing mature organizations, particularly new businesses generally in 
response to identified opportunities. Entrepreneurship is often a difficult 
undertaking, as a vast majority of new businesses fail. 
Entrepreneurial activities are substantially different depending on the type 
of organization that is being started. Entrepreneurship ranges in scale from solo 
projects (even involving the entrepreneur only part-time) to major undertakings 
creating many job opportunities. 
Entrepreneurship is a key driver of our economy. Wealth and a high 
majority of jobs are created by small businesses started by entrepreneurially 
minded individuals, many of whom go on to create big businesses. People 
exposed to entrepreneurship frequently express that they have more opportunity 
to exercise creative freedoms, higher self esteem, and an overall greater sense 
of control over their own lives. As a result, many experienced business people 
political leaders, economists, and educators believe that fostering a robust 
entrepreneurial culture will maximize individual and collective economic and 
social success on a local, national, and global scale. 
Entrepreneurship education in other countries starts as early as 
elementary school and progresses through all levels of education, including adult 
education. 
The inclusion of entrepreneurship in the curriculum of our studies will allow 
for all these benefits to be reaped by the future generations which will allow our 
economy to flourish and emerge to one of the leading economies in Asia and the 
world, because truly, the Filipino has the potential to reach these heights. Urgent 
passage of this legislation is thus sought. 
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REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) 
Second Regular Session 
MOV 13 F’Z :!jg , 
SENATE 
Introduced by Senator Manny Villar 
AN ACT 
REQUIRING INCLUSION OF ENTREPRENEURSHIP AS A SEPARATE 
SUBJECT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL CURRICULUM 
Be if enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives in 
Congress assembled: 
SECTION 1. Declaration of Policy. - It is the policy of the State to provide 
a complete, adequate and integrated system of education to private and public 
school students. It is likewise the policy to make such system of education 
relevant and attuned to the current needs of society and the Filipino people. 
SEC. 2. Entrepreneurship Subject in the High School Level. - There shall 
be a separate subject on entrepreneurship in the senior year curriculum of both 
public and private secondary schools nationwide. 
SEC. 3. Development of Subject Content. - The Department of Education 
(DepEd) Secretary shall appoint a Head Subject Specialist from the Bureau of 
Secondary Education who shall be the lead person in coordinating all activities 
necessary for the development and implementation of the subject in secondary 
level. 
The Head Subject Specialist shall conduct a multi-sectoral consultation 
with educators from public and private high schools, members of the national 
chambers of commerce and industry, leading entrepreneurs and the public at 
large for the purpose of determining the appropriate content and scope of the 
entrepreneurship subject: Provided, that such subject shall include the following 
entrepreneurial subject matters: (I) management, (2) fund sourcing, (3) program 
accreditation, requirements, and (4) contemporary entrepreneurial practices: 
Provided, further, That such subject shall include the following entrepreneurial 
subject matters: (1) management, (2) fund sourcing, (3) program accreditation, 
requirements, and (4) contemporary entrepreneurial practices: Provided, further, 
That such subject shall the values and skills-formation aspects of the making of 
an individual entrepreneurship; and that such subject shall be attuned to the 
current policy of industrialization and global competitiveness. 
SEC. 4. Budget. - The funds necessary for the implementation of this Act 
shall be charged to the appropriations for the Department of Education under the 
current General Appropriations Act. 
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SEC. 5. Implementing Rules and Regulations. - The Secretary of the 
Department of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations necessary for 
the effective implementation of this Act. 
SEC. 6. Repealing Clause. - All laws, decrees, orders, rules and 
regulations, or parts thereof inconsistent with this Act hereby repealed or 
modified accordingly. 
SEC. 7. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days 
after its publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) national newspapers of 
general circulation. 
Approved, 
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