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Students Rights, Duties and

Responsibilities
PRESENTED BY : GAMBOA , AVERY V.
III-7 BSEVE

Batas Pambansa 232


Education Act of 1982
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INTEGRATED
SYSTEM OF EDUCATION
It is divided into 5 parts , it has 16 chapters and 73

sections at all.

STUDENTS
RIGHTS

II. Educational System, Chapter 2 (Rights), Sec. 9

Right of Students in School In addition to

other rights, and subject to the limitation


prescribed by law and regulations, students and
pupils in all schools shall enjoy the following
rights:
1. The right to receive, primarily through
competent instruction, relevant quality education
in line with national goals and conducive to their
full development as person with human dignity.

II. Educational System, Chapter 2 (Rights), Sec. 9

2. The right to freely chose their field of study subject


to existing curricula and to continue their course
therein up to graduation, except in cases of
academic deficiency, or violation of disciplinary
regulations.
3. The right to school guidance and counseling
services for decisions and selecting the alternatives
in fields of work suited to his potentialities.

II. Educational System, Chapter 2 (Rights), Sec. 9

4. The right of access to his own school records, the


confidentiality of which the school shall maintain
and preserve.
5. The right to the issuance of official certificates,
diplomas, transcript of records, grades, transfer
credentials and other similar documents within
thirty days from request.

II. Educational System, Chapter 2 (Rights), Sec. 9


6. The right to publish a student newspaper and similar
publications, as well as the right to invite resource
persons during assemblies, symposia and other
activities of similar nature.
7. The right to free expression of opinions and
suggestions, and to effective channels of
communication with appropriate academic channels
and administrative bodies of the school or institution.

II. Educational System, Chapter 2 (Rights), Sec. 9

8. The right to form, establish, join and participate in


organizations and societies recognized by the
school to foster their intellectual, cultural, spiritual
and physical growth and development, or to form,
establish, join and maintain organizations and
societies for purposes not contrary to law.
9. The right to be free from involuntary
contributions, except those approved by their own
organizations or societies.

STUDENTS
DUTIES AND
OBLIGATION

II. Educational System, Chapter 3 (Duties and Obligation),


Sec. 15
Duties and Responsibilities of Students In

addition to those provided for under existing laws,


every student shall:
1. Exert his utmost to develop his potentialities for
service, particularly by undergoing an education
suited to his abilities, in order that he may become
an asset to his family and to society.

II. Educational System, Chapter 3 (Duties and


Obligation), Sec. 15
2. Uphold the academic integrity of the school,
endeavor to achieve academic excellence and abide
by the rules and regulations governing his
academic responsibilities and moral integrity.
3. Promote and maintain the peace and tranquility
of the school by observing the rules and discipline,
and by exerting efforts to attain harmonious
relationships with fellow students, the teaching
and academic staff and other school personnel.

II. Educational System, Chapter 3 (Duties and


Obligation), Sec. 15
4. Participate actively in civic affairs and in the
promotion of the general welfare, particularly in
the social, economic and cultural development of
his community and in the attainment of a just,
compassionate and orderly society.
5. Exercise his rights responsibly in the knowledge
that he is answerable for any infringement or
violation of the public welfare and of the rights of
others.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323 of 1992

Special Program for Employment


of Students

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


AN ACT TO HELP POOR BUT DESERVING STUDENTS
PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION BY ENCOURAGING
THEIR EMPLOYMENT DURING SUMMER AND/OR
CHRISTMAS VACATIONS, THROUGH INCENTIVES
GRANTED TO EMPLOYERS, ALLOWING THEM TO
PAY ONLY SIXTY PER CENTUM OF THEIR SALARIES
OR WAGES AND THE FORTY PER CENTUM
THROUGH EDUCATION VOUCHERS TO BE PAID BY
THE GOVERNMENT, PROHIBITING AND
PENALIZING THE FILING OF FRAUDULENT OR
FICTITIOUS CLAIMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


Section 1. Any provision of law to the contrary

notwithstanding, any person or entity employing at least


fifty (50) persons may, during the summer and/or
Christmas vacations, employ poor but deserving
students, fifteen (15) years of age but not more than
twenty-five (25) years old, paying them a salary or wage
not lower than the minimum wage provided by law and
other applicable labor rules and regulations. For
purposes of this act, poor but deserving students refer to
those whose parents combined incomes, together with
their income, if nay, do not exceed Thirty-six thousand
pesos (P36,000) per annum.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


Section 2. Sixty per centum (60%) of said salary or wage

shall be paid by the employer in cash and forty per centum


be applicable in the payment for his tuition fees and books
in any educational institution for secondary, tertiary,
vocational or technological education. The amount of the
education voucher shall be paid by the government to the
educational institution concerned within thirty (30) days
from its presentation to the officer or agency designated by
the Secretary of Finance. The voucher shall not be
transferable except when the payee thereof dies or for a
justifiable cause stops in his duties in which case it can be
transferred to his brothers or sisters. If there be none, the
amount thereof shall be paid his heirs or to the payee
himself, as the case may be.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


Section 3. The Secretary of Labor and

Employment, the Secretary of Education, Culture


and Sports and the Secretary of Finance shall issue
the corresponding rules and regulations to carry out
the purposes of this Act. The Secretary of Labor and
Employment shall be the Project Director of this
Program.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


Section 4. Any person or entity who shall make any

fraud lent or fictitious claim under this Act, regardless


of whether payment has been made, shall upon
conviction be punished with imprisonment of not less
than six (6) months and not more than one (1) year
and a fine of not less than ten thousand pesos
(P10,000), without prejudice to their prosecution and
punishment for any other offense punishable under
the Revised Penal Code or any other penal statute. In
any case of partnerships or corporations, the managing
partner, general manager, or chief executive officer, as
the case may be, shall be criminally liable.

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7323


Section 5. The amount necessary to carry out the

purposes of this Act is hereby authorized to be


appropriated in the General Appropriations Act of
1992 and the subsequent annual general
appropriations acts.
Section 6. This Act shall take effect after its

publication in the Official Gazette of in at least two


(2) national newspapers of general circulation

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