Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City 
19th Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ______________________ 
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Introduced by HONORABLE PETER B. MIGUEL 
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AN ACT SEPARATING KORONADAL COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION – 
PARAISO FROM KORONADAL COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS, 
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLTO BE NAMED GOVERNOR 
SERGIO B. MORALES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN BARANGAY PARAISO, KORONADAL 
CITY, SOUTH COTABATO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF 
EXPLANATORY NOTE 
This bill seeks to establish a national high school in Barangay Paraiso, Koronadal City, South Cotabato 
to be named Sergio B. Morales National High School. Presently, this school is a mere extension of 
Koronadal National Comprehensive High School – Main Campus. 
Section 1, Article XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution states that. “The State shall protect and 
promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to 
make such education accessible to all.” Moreover, Section 2, of Republic Act 9155 otherwise known 
as Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001, declared that, “It is the policy of the State to protect 
and promote the right of all citizens to quality basic education and to make such education accessible 
to all by providing all Filipino children a free and compulsory education in the elementary level and 
free education in the high school level. 
These are the legal bases of the proposal to establish a public secondary school in Barangay Paraiso, 
Koronadal City, South Cotabato to be named as GOVERNOR SERGIO B. MORALES NATIONAL HIGH 
SCHOOL. 
Presently, KNCHS Extension – Paraiso is operating under the administrative control of Koronadal 
National Comprehensive High School (KNCHS) Main Campus for about thirteen (13) years. The 
school caters to the graduates of three (3) elementary schools in the educational community 
namely: Matulas Elementary School, Salkan Elementary School, and Tinongcop Elementary School. 
This is to justify that the learners from three (3) different Elementary Schools within and beyond the 
catchment area have the opportunity to alleviate their challenges in proceeding to high school level 
because for the less fortunate families access to education becomes a problem when the distance 
of school from home contributes to their financial burden as to transportation concerns. The 
distance from KNCHS Extension Paraiso Campus to the following schools are as follows: Matulas 
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Elementary School, 100 meters, Salkan Elementary School, 2.6 kilometers, and Tinongcop 
Elementary School, 4.9 kilometers. Though by technical definition, catchment area is only within 2 
kilometers radius maximum, KNCHS – Extension Paraiso Campus is the most accessible high school 
for the Salkan Elementary School and Tinongcop Elementary School with regard to travel distance. 
 
In this regard, the establishment of a public secondary school in Barangay Paraiso is a top priority. 
At present, the people in the community send their children to KNCHS Extension – Paraiso. This 
school became an extension on August 25, 2009. Despite of the presence of an extension in the 
barangay, some of the parents still send their children to KNCHS Main Campus. It is a known fact 
that KNCHS Main Campus is a comprehensive high school and it offers an array of educational 
programs to its clienteles. Moreover, the school provides good facilities and equipment for learners’ 
utilization and enhancement. 
 
With this scenario, the Barangay Local Government Unit as well as the parents show their eagerness 
to establish a public secondary in the barangay so that the school can capture all the learners in the 
community and they will no longer spend for the daily transportation of their children who are 
enrolled in schools located in the city proper. 
 
Most of the parents in the community are farmers who struggle to provide the daily needs of their 
children. In addition, there are also Indigenous People in Sitio Salkan of Barangay Paraiso and this 
tribe can hardly send their children to school due to financial incapacity. Hence, the establishment 
of a public secondary school in the barangay will be of great help to the people and the access to 
quality education will be enjoyed by everyone. 
 
KNCHS Extension – Paraiso can offer quality education but it cannot provide all the needs of the 
learners because of its limited resources as an extension. Hence, it is essential that this extension 
will become a national high school and it is also proposed that if it will become a public secondary 
school, its name would be GOVERNOR SERGIO B. MORALES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. This is to 
give recognition to the Morales family who donated the land where KNCHS Extension – Paraiso is 
erected. 
 
Currently, KNCHS Extension – Paraiso has Five Hundred Four (504) enrollees and there are thirteen 
(13) teachers who attend to the needs of these number of learners. The feeder schools of KNCHS 
Extension – Paraiso are the following: Matulas Elementary School, Salkan Elementary School, and 
Tinongcop Elementary School. If this extension will become a national high school, the number of 
learners will increase as well as the number of teachers. It is projected that through its establishment 
as a public secondary school, it can now offer other programs that will cater to the educational needs 
of the learners. Equipment and facilities will also be provided and learners are expected to be more 
competent and skilled. Hence, the vision of the Department of Education to enable the learners to 
realize their full potential through their values and competencies will be fulfilled. 
 
In conclusion, the proposal to establish GOVERNOR SERGIO B. MORALES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL 
in Barangay Paraiso is a constitutional mandate and it will offer basic education services to the 
citizens of the community. The proposed school will offer a lifetime privilege to the people to enjoy 
free and basic education not only in Barangay Paraiso but its neighboring barangays. If citizens are 


given the free basic secondary education, their chance of finishing a course is high and it will 
eventually decrease the poverty level of the country.  
Through the creation of this national high school, it is foreseen that the parents will be inspired to 
send their children to school because this will mean a cut on their expense and they will also frrl 
secure that their children will no longer take a longer ride just to be in school. Apart from this, the 
threat of dangerous travel will be out of context because the school is located within the barangay 
where learners can only take a walk to reach the institution. For those who are living in far-flung 
areas, minutes of travel is also lessened since the school is just found at the heart of the barangay. 
In view of the foregoing, the entire constituents of the Province of Cotabato, especially from the 2nd 
District, the immediate passage of this Bill is earnestly sought. 
PETER B. MIGUEL 
Representative, 2nd District, South Cotabato. 


Republic of the Philippines 
House of Representatives 
Quezon City 
19th Congress 
First Regular Session 
House Bill No. ______________________ 
============================================================================== 
Introduced by HONORABLE PETER B. MIGUEL 
============================================================================== 
AN ACT SEPARATING KORONADAL COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL EXTENSION – 
PARAISO FROM KORONADAL COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL MAIN CAMPUS, 
CONVERTING IT INTO AN INDEPENDENT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLTO BE NAMED GOVERNOR 
SERGIO B. MORALES NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL LOCATED IN BARANGAY PARAISO, KORONADAL 
CITY, SOUTH COTABATO AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREOF 
Be it enacted by the Senate and the House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress 
assembled: 
Section 1. 
Short Title: This Act shall be known as “The GOVERNOR SERGIO B. MORALES 
NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Act of 2022” 
Section 2: 
The Koronadal Comprehensive National High School Extension – Paraiso is hereby 
converted into an independent national high school to known as GOVERNOR SERGIO 
B. MORALES National High School.
Section 3: 
All personnel, assets, liabilities, and records of Koronadal Comprehensive National 
High School Extension – Paraiso is hereby transferred to and absorbed by Governor 
Sergio B. Morales National High School. 
Section 5: 
The Secretary of Department of Education shall immediately include in the 
Department’s program the operationalization of Governor Sergio B. Morales National 
High School, the funding of which shall be included in the annual General 
Appropriations Act. 
Section 6: 
The Secretary of Department of Education shall formulate the rules and regulations 
implementing the provisions of this Act. 
Section 7: 
This Act shall take effect after its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in 
any newspaper of general circulation. 
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APPROVED.