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SENATE
s. No. 1420
RECEIVED BY:
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
DECLARING THE SIXTEENTH (16th) DAY OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL 
WORKING HOLIDAY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL DAY
EXPLANATORY NOTE
There is universal consensus on the role teachers play in nation-building. 
However, there is little, or even none, for support personnel. They are teaching 
assistants, school clerks, school registrars, school librarians, school nurses, school 
doctors, school guidance counselors and psychologists, and the rest of the 
professional, administrative, technical, and general staff who provide support to 
students and the teaching personnel. They are essential partners in the education and 
formation of students.
This bill seeks to declare May 16 of every year as a special working holiday in 
recognition of the invaluable contributions of national education support personnel to 
our education system, and in nation-building, in general. This holiday is being 
celebrated across the globe; thus, the need to institutionalize this here in our country.
In view of the foregoing, immediate consideration of this bill is highly 
recommended.
RAMQK BONG REVILLA, JR. .


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NINETEENTH CONGRESS OF THE 
REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 
First Regular Session
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SENATE
S. No. 1420
(gVJ Senate
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•22 OCT 27 P3 SO
RECEIVED BY;
Introduced by SENATOR RAMON BONG REVILLA, JR.
AN ACT
DECLARING THE SIXTEENTH (16th) DAY OF MAY OF EVERY YEAR A SPECIAL 
WORKING HOLIDAY TO BE KNOWN AS NATIONAL EDUCATION SUPPORT 
PERSONNEL DAY
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in 
Congress assembled:
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Section 1. This Act shall be known as the " National Education Support Personnel
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Day Act'.
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Sec. 2. As used in this Act, the term "Education Support Personnel" refers to
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teaching assistants, school clerks, school registrars, school librarians, school nurses,
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school doctors, school guidance counselors and psychologists, and the rest of the
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professional, administrative, technical, and general staff who provide support to
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students and the teaching personnel.
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Sec. 3. In recognition of the observance of World Education Support Personnel
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Day, the sixteenth (16th) day of May of every year is hereby declared a special working
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holiday to be known as "National Education Support Personnel Day".
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To ensure the meaningful observance and celebration of this day, the heads of
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national government agencies, government-owned and -controlled corporations
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involved in education, local government units, and employers in the private sector
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involved in education, are encouraged to allow their respective personnel to participate
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in any related activity within the premises of their respective offices or establishments.
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Sec. 4. The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher
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Education (CHED) shall serve as the lead agencies in the preparation and
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implementation of the annual program of activities for the observance of National
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Education Support Personnel Day.
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Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its complete publication
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in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.
Approved,