FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE )
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HONS GGEBIPRE BIDE ®

Introduced by: MA. THERESA B. BONOAN-DAVID
4% District, City of Manila

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Education constitutes an extremely significant factor in a country’s
development. It is through education that a “technological society” takes off and
develop and with the presence of “technological society”, then, a country is
assured of a competitive people able to tackle the demands of a new era.

But the problems of education serve as barriers for a number of
individuals to improve oneself of the ten (10) pupils who enrolled in elementary,
only five (5) or six (6) will be successful in completing grade school education
and of the same number, only four (4) will continue and get their high school
diploma, Tertiary education is more elusive with its concordant perception that it
has become a privilege in recent years.

It has become imperative, thus, that the government must strengthen the
base of scholarships in the country. This is to afford opportunity for the Filipino
youth to be educated. And since it has become inevitable for private educational
institutions, colleges, universities and schools to increase the cost of education
(tuition fee, miscellaneous and other school fees) on a yearly basis, it is the
intention of this legislation to make a condition sine qua non for such institutions
to allot scholarships to poor but deserving students. The school is allowed to
share in the burden being experienced by the government in its problem of lack
of education opportunities by creating an avenue where citizens are afforded
private school education.

Early cognizance of this bill is earnestly sought.

MA. THERESA BONOAN-DAVID
4th District, City of Manila


FIFTEENTH CONGRESS OF THE }
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES )
First Regular Session )

HOUSE of REPRESENTATIVES
House Bill No. 4725

Introduced by: MA, THERESA B, BONOAN-DAVID
4% District, City of Manila

AN ACT REQUIRING THE EXPANSION OF SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM
BY PRIVATE ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS, COLLEGES, UNIVERSITIES
AND SCHOOLS AS A CONDITION FOR THE INCREASE IN TUITION
FEE AND OTHER SCHOOL FEES APPLICATION

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

Section 1. It is hereby made a condition for any grant of increase in tuition or
other school fees applied for by private academic institutions, schools, colleges
and universities with a total enrolment of at feast two hundred (100) students or
pupils to allot free scholarships to poor but deserving students at the ratio of one
(1) free scholarship. for every one hundred (100) students or pupils: Provided,
That this requirement shall be exclusive of the present practice of private schools
offering scholarship privileges to valedictorians, salutatorians and other students
or pupils who have achieved scholastic distinctions. Neither shall other forms of
scholarships such as those offered to athletes and working students be included
in arriving at the proper number of poor but deserving students or pupils to be
given free scholarships.

Section 2. The Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) and the
Comunission on Higher Education (CHED) shall jointly prepare, formulate and
issue the necessary implementing rules and regulations that would define the
Program, the students or pupils who will qualify for free scholarships, the
Process and similar other provisions. In the formulation of the rules and
regulations, private sector representatives, owners of schools, colleges,
universities and private institutions and concerned sectors shall be consulted by
DECS and CHED.

Section 3. Effectivity Clause. - This Act shall take effect after fifteen (15) days
following the completion of its publication either in the Official Gazette or in a
newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Approved.