LAWS AFFECTING SCHOOL

ADMINISTRATION AND
SUPERVISION

By: IANNIE C. LALUNIO

Preschool Adviser
Lipa City , Batangas
 Republic Act No. 139
AN ACT TO AMEND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF ACT
NUMBERED TWENTY-NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-
SEVEN, ENTITLED "AN ACT CREATING A BOARD TO
HAVE CHARGE OF THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL
OF THE TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED BY THE COLLEGES
AND SCHOOLS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR
OTHER PURPOSES," AS AMENDED BY ACT
NUMBERED THIRTY-ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-
FIVE, THIRTY-FOUR HUNDRED AND TWO, AND
THIRTY-SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-TWO
 "Section 1. A board is hereby created which shall be known as
the Board on Textbooks and shall have charge of the selection
and approval of textbooks to be used in the public schools. The
textbooks selected and approved shall be used for a period of at
least six years from the date of their adoption.
"The textbooks to be used in the private schools recognized or
authorized by the Government shall be submitted to the Board
which shall have the power to prohibit the use of any of said
textbooks which it may find to be against the law or to offend the
dignity and honor of the Government and people of the
Philippines, or which it may find to be against the general policies
of the Government, or which it may deem pedagogically
unsuitable.
"Decisions of the Board on Textbooks shall be subject to the
approval of the Secretary of Instruction upon the
recommendation of the National Council of Education."
 "Sec. 2. The Board of Textbooks shall be composed of five members to be
appointed by the President of the Philippines with the consent of the
Commissioner of Appointments. The members of the Board shall hold office
for a period of six years, and shall serve without compensation. In making
the appointment of the first Board, one member shall be appointed for a
period of two years, two members for a period of four years, and two
members for a period of six years. Every two years the Board shall select a
Chairman from among its members.
All members of said Board shall be citizens of the Philippines.
It shall be unlawful for the Board to consider for adoption or to adopt any
treatise, textbook, or manuscript in whose authorship, editorship, or
preparation a member of the Board may have direct or indirect interest:
Provided, That this prohibition shall not apply to the deliberation of the
Board to consider for adoption or to adopt any treatise, textbook, or
manuscript written by any member thereof during the period of his
incumbency, who shall not participate in said deliberation: Provided, further,
That said treatise, textbook, or manuscript shall be turned over to the
Government which may undertake the printing and distribution thereof. It
shall likewise be unlawful for any member of the Board, during the period of
his incumbency, to own, directly or indirectly, any interest whatsoever in any
firm, partnership, or corporation publishing or dealing in school textbooks."
 Sec. 3. Sec. four of Act Numbered Twenty-nine hundred and fifty-seven is
hereby amended to read as follows:

"Sec. 4. For administrative purposes, the Board on Textbooks created by this

Act shall be directly under the Secretary of Instruction. The Chairman of the
Board shall have authority, with the approval of the Department Head, to
obtain the technical assistance of officers and employees of any department,
bureau or office of the Government which may be considered necessary for
the proper performance of its duties. The Board shall, likewise, have a
permanent secretary with compensation at the rate of four thousand eight
hundred pesos per annum, and such additional employees as may be
necessary."

Sec. 4. For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this Act, including
the purchase of the necessary equipment and supplies, there is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, the sum of ten thousand pesos for the current fiscal year.
Thereafter, a like amount shall be included in the annual General
Appropriation Act to meet the expenses herein authorized for the
succeeding years.
Sec. 5. All acts or parts of acts inconsistent
with the provisions hereof are hereby
repealed.

Sec. 6. This Act shall take effect on its

approval.

Approved: June 14, 1947

 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1147
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1147 - AN ACT TO
PROVIDE FOR THE HOLDING OF CERTAIN
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS ONCE
EVERY TWO YEARS AND AUTHORIZING THE
APPROPRIATIONS OF FIFTY THOUSAND
PESOS THEREFOR
 Section 1. Within one hundred twenty days from the date of
release of the fund herein authorized to be appropriated and at
least once every two years thereafter, the Bureau of Civil
Service shall give first and second grade and regular and
promotional junior teachers civil service examinations in the
City of Manila and in such other places as the Commissioner of
Civil Service may determine, the results of which shall be
released within nine months from the date of each
examination.
Sec. 2. The sum of fifty thousand pesos is authorized to be
appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, to carry out the purpose of this Act.
Thereafter, the necessary funds for the same purpose shall be
provided in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 3. This Act shall take upon its approval.cralaw
Approved: June 17, 1954
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1265

AN ACT MAKING FLAG CEREMONY

COMPULSORY IN ALL EDUCATIONAL
INSTITUTIONS
Section 1. All educational institutions shall
henceforth observe daily flag ceremony,
which shall be simple and dignified and shall
include the playing or singing of the
Philippine National Anthem
Sec. 2. The Secretary of Education is hereby
authorized and directed to issue or cause to
be issued rules and regulations for the
proper conduct of the flag ceremony herein
provided.
Sec. 3. Failure or refusal to observe the flag ceremony
provided by this Act and in accordance with rules and
regulations issued by the Secretary of Education, after
proper notice and hearing, shall subject the educational
institution concerned and its head to public censure as
an administrative punishment which shall be published
at least once in a newspaper of general circulation.

In case of failure to observe for the second time the flag

ceremony provided by this Act, the Secretary of
Education, after proper notice and hearing, shall cause
the cancellation of the recognition or permit of the
private educational institution responsible for such
failure.cralaw
Sec. 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 11, 1955
 REPUBLIC ACT No. 1880

AN ACT TO AMEND THE SECOND

PARAGRAPH OF SECTION FIVE HUNDRED
AND SIXTY-TWO AND SECTION FIVE
HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FOUR OF THE
REVISED ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. (Re legal
hours of labor-minimum requirement).
 Section 1. Section five hundred and sixty-two, second paragraph, of the
Revised Administrative Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
"Sec. 562. Legal hours of labor minimum requirement.
"Such hours, except for schools, courts, hospitals and health clinics or
where the exigencies of service so require, shall be as prescribed in the
Civil Service Rules and as otherwise from time to time disposed in
temporary executive orders in the discretion of the President of the
Philippines but shall be eight (8) hours a day, for five (5) days a week or a
total of forty (40) hours a week, exclusive of time for lunch: Provided, That
any employee or laborer now in the employment of the government who
shall suffer a reduction of his weekly or daily wage or compensation
because of a reduction of the number of days or hours of labor in a week,
as provided by this section, subject to the minimum daily or hourly wage
or compensation or pay per piece already fixed under Republic Act
Numbered Six hundred and two, shall be given an automatic increase in
his daily or hourly wage or compensation or in the rate per piece, whose
amount in a week or a day or per piece shall be equal to the diminution
which his daily or hourly or per piece wage or compensation at the time
this Act went into effect shall suffer on account of the reduction of days or
labor to five days a week: And provided, further, That the salaries of
employees received on monthly basis shall not suffer any diminution on
account of the reduction of the number of days of labor a week."
 Section 2. Section five hundred sixty-four of the Revised Administrative
Code is hereby amended so as to read as follows:
"Sec. 564. During the hot season. On all days during the hot season,
from April first to June fifteenth, inclusive, the period of labor is reduced
to five continuous hours: Provided, That in the case of the City of Baguio,
the short hours will be observed from July first to September fifteenth,
inclusive, but an executive order so disposing shall not oblige the head of
any department, bureau, or office to so reduce the hours of labor in his
branch of work but shall leave the same in his discretion subject to the
requirements of the service."
Section 3. The provisions of existing law to the contrary notwithstanding,
this Act shall also be applicable to all laborers employed in government-
owned and controlled corporations.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon this approval.
Approved: June 22, 1957.
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 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 416

AN ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONVERTING

THE PRESENT PHILIPPINE NORMAL SCHOOL
INTO THE PHILIPPINE NORMAL COLLEGE,
CONFERRING THE DEGREES OF BACHELOR OF
SCIENCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION AND
MASTER OF ARTS IN EDUCATION, PROVIDING
FOR A BOARD OF TRUSTEES, DEFINING THE
BOARD'S RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES,
PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL
INSTRUCTION, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Section 1. The present Philippine Normal
School, located in the City of Manila,
Philippines, is hereby converted into the
Philippine Normal College, which will offer not
only its present two-year general and three-year
combined curricula but also a four-year and a
five-year courses leading to the degrees of
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education
and Master of Arts in Education, respectively.
Sec. 2. The purpose of the said college shall be
to provide professional, technical, and special
instruction, for special purposes and progressive
leadership in the field of elementary education.
 Sec. 3. The head of this institution shall be known as the
President of the Philippine Normal College. He shall be appointed
by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of
the Board of Trustees. The powers and duties of the President of
the College, in addition to those specifically provided for in this
Act, shall be those usually pertaining to the office of the
president of a college.
Sec. 4. The government of said college is hereby vested in a
Board of Trustees of the Philippine Normal College. The Board of
Trustees shall be composed of the Secretary of Education, who
shall be ex-officio Chairman of the Board, the Chairman of the
Committee on Education of the Senate, the Chairman of the
Committee on Education of the House of Representatives, the
Director of Public Schools, the President of the College, and the
President of the Philippine Normal School Alumni Association.
Members of the Board shall serve without compensation, other
than actual and necessary expenses incurred either in attendance
upon meetings of the Board or upon other official business
authorized by resolution of the Board.
 Sec. 5. The Board of Trustees shall have the following powers and
duties, in addition to its general powers of administration:
(a) To receive and appropriate to the ends specified by law such sums
as may be provided by law for the support of the College;
(b) To confer the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Elementary
Education and Master of Arts in Education to successful candidates for
graduation;
(c) To appoint, on the recommendation of the President of the College,
instructors, professors, lecturers, and other employees of the College; to
fix their compensation, hours of service and such other duties and
conditions as it may deem proper; to grant to them, in its discretion,
leave of absence under such regulations as it may promulgate, any other
provisions of law notwithstanding, and to remove them for cause after
an investigation and hearing shall have been had;

(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by the

College Council as hereinafter provided;
(e) To fix the tuition fees required of students, as well as matriculation
fees, graduation fees and fees for laboratory courses, and all special
fees, and to remit the same in special cases;
 (f) To provide fellowships for faculty members and scholarships
to students showing special evidence of merit;
(g) To provide rules for its own government, and to enact for the
government of the College such general ordinances and
regulations, not contrary to law, as are consistent with the
purposes of the College, as defined in section two of this Act;
(h) To receive in trust legacies, gifts, and donations of real and
personal property of all kinds and to administer the same for the
benefit of the College or ford to any students, in accordance with
the directions and instructions of the donor, and, in default
thereof, in such manner as the Board of Trustees may in its
discretion determine.
Sec. 6. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a
majority of all the members. All process against the Board of
Trustees shall be served on the president or secretary thereof.
Sec. 7. On or before the fifteenth of June of each year, the Board
of Trustees shall file with the President of the Philippines a
detailed report, selling forth the progress, conditions, and needs
of the College.
 Sec. 8. There shall be a College Council consisting of the President of
the College and of all instructors and professors of the College. The
Council shall have the power to prescribe the curricula and rules of
discipline, subject to the approval of the Board of Trustees. It shall fix
the requirements for admission to the College, as well as for graduation
and the receiving of a degree. The Council alone shall have the power to
recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through its
president or committee, it shall have disciplinary power over the
students within the limits prescribed by the rules of discipline approved
by the Board of Trustees.
Sec. 9. The body of instructors and professors of the College shall
constitute the faculty of the college, with the President of the College as
the presiding officer. In the appointment of professors or instructors of
the College, no religious test shall be applied, nor shall the religious
opinions or affiliations of the faculty of the College be made a matter of
examination or inquiry: Provided, however, That no instructor or
professor in the College shall inculcate sectarian tenets in any of the
teachings, nor attempt either directly or indirectly, under penalty of
dismissal by the Board of Trustees, to influence students or attendants
at the College for or against any particular church or religious sect.
 Section 10. Professors and other regular instructors in the
College shall be exempt as such from any civil service
examinations or regulations as a requisite to appointment.

Section 11. There shall be a secretary of the College, appointed

by the Board of Trustees. He shall be the secretary of such Board
and also of the College, and shall keep such records of the college
as may be designated by the Board.
Section 12. Heads of bureaus or offices of the National
Government are hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon
request of the President of the College, such apparatus or
supplies as may be needed by the College, and to detail
employees for duty therein, when in the judgment of the head of
the bureau or office such supplies or employees can be spared
without serious detriment to the public service.
Section 13. The President of the College, with the cooperation
of the Superintendent of City Schools of Manila, may use one or
more of the elementary schools in the City of Manila, as training
or laboratory schools of the College.
 Section 14. In order not to interrupt the smooth functioning of
the two-year general curriculum and the three-year combined
curriculum of the Philippine Normal School, the faculty of the
school, consisting of the instructors and critic teachers, as well as
the other personnel, shall be absorbed by the new College.
Salaries of this personnel shall be adjusted at the discretion of the
Board of Trustees within the amount available for appropriation.
Section 15. For carrying out the purposes and provinces of this
Act, the sum of seven hundred fifty thousand pesos is hereby
appropriated from any funds in the National Treasury not
otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 1949-1950.
The sum herein appropriated shall not be released except upon
the certification of the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor
General as to the availability of funds in excess of those necessary
for the operation of the Government as provided in the annual
General Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1949-1950.
Section 16. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 1949.
Approved: June 18, 1949
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7686

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN MANPOWER

EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE
PHILIPPINES BY INSTITUTIONALIZING THE
DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM AS AN
INSTRUCTIONAL DELIVERY SYSTEM OF
TECHNICAL AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING, PROVIDING THE
MECHANISM, APPROPRIATING FUNDS
THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:
SECTION 1. Short Title. – This Act shall be known as the “Dual Training System Act of 1994.”
SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. – It is hereby declared the policy of the State to strengthen
manpower education and training in the country so that the latter may be assured of an ever
growing supply of an educated and skilled manpower equipped with appropriate skills and
desirable work habits and attitudes. The Dual Training System, as successfully tested in some
highly developed countries, shall be adopted in duly accredited vocational and technical schools,
in cooperation with accredited agricultural, industrial and business establishments, as one of the
preferred means of creating a dependable pool of well-trained operators, craftsmen and
technicians for the economy.
SEC. 3. Objectives. – This Act shall have the following objectives:
a) encourage increasing utilization of the dual system in technical and vocational education and
training by both public and private schools within the context of the existing education system;
b) encourage increasing levels of investment in technical and vocational education and training
by both public and private sectors specially in the rural areas;
c) enhance the employability and productivity of graduates by equipping them with analytical
and creative thinking and problem-solving abilities; manipulative competencies which meet
occupational standards and requirements; values and attitudes with emphasis on work ethics,
quality orientation, discipline, honesty, self-reliance and patriotism; and
d) strengthen training cooperation between agricultural, industrial and business establishments
and educational institutions by designing and implementing relevant training programs in close
coordination with concerned local government units.
SEC. 4. Definition of Terms.
SEC. 5. Institutionalization of the Dual Training System.
SEC. 6. Coverage.
SEC. 7. Planning and Coordination. – The appropriate authority shall plan, set
standards, coordinate, monitor, and allocate resources in support of the
implementation of the System.
Every accredited educational institution/training center shall establish an
industrial coordinating office which shall supervise the in-plant training:
Provided, That, the industrial establishment shall be required to furnish the
educational institution with the necessary information for the purpose of
supervision.
The industrial coordinating office shall be headed by an industrial coordinator
with, at least, an officer level rank. The industrial coordinator may be assisted
by such other personnel as may be necessary for the effective discharge of
the functions of the office.
 SEC.8. Status of Trainee.
SEC. 9. Incentives for Participating Establishments. -To encourage
agricultural, industrial and business establishments to
participate in the System, they shall be allowed to deduct from
their taxable income the amount of fifty percent (50%) of the
actual system expenses paid to the Accredited Dual Training
System Educational Institution for the establishment’s trainees:
Provided, That such expenses shall not exceed five percent (5%)
of their total direct labor expenses but in no case to exceed
Twenty-five million pesos (P25,000,000) a year.
Donations for the operation of the System shall be deductible
from the taxable income of the donors.
The Department of Finance shall issue the necessary rules and
regulations for the purpose of tax incentives provided herein.
 SEC. 10. Obligations of Accredited Agricultural, Industrial and
Business Establishments.
SEC. 11. Obligations of the Trainee
SEC. 12. Obligations of the Accredited Educational Institutions/
Training Centers
SEC. 13. Non-diminution of Incentives. – Nothing in this Act shall
be construed to diminish or reduce any privilege already enjoyed
by the parties concerned under existing laws, decrees, or
executive orders.
SEC. 14. Signing of Memorandum of Agreement by the
Accredited Dual Training System Agricultural, Industrial and
Business Establishments, the Accredited Dual Training System
Educational Institution/ Training Center, and the Trainee.
 SEC. 15. Insurance Coverage of the Trainee. -Every agricultural,
industrial and business establishment undertaking training, in
accordance with the provisions of this Act, shall sign a life
and/or accident insurance policy on the life of the trainee with
the insured and the spouse, children or parents of the trainee as
the beneficiaries thereof: Provided, That, the agricultural,
industrial and business establishments shall pay for the
premiums of said insurance policy.
SEC. 16. Revolving Fund. – Any law, rule or regulation to the
contrary notwithstanding, the Accredited Dual Training System
Educational Institution/Training Center is hereby authorized to
retain as a revolving fund, the amount paid to it by the
agricultural, industrial and business establishments representing
the actual dual training expenses. The fund shall be used to
improve the operation of the dual training system.
SEC 17. Implementing Rules. – The appropriate authority and the
Department of Finance, upon prior consultation with the
business and industry concerned, shall issue the necessary rules
and regulations for the effective implementation of this Act
within a period of ninety (90) days after its effectivity. Any
violation of this Section shall render the concerned official/s
liable under R. A. No. 6713, otherwise known as the “Code of
Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and
Employees” and other existing administrative and/or criminal
laws.
SEC 18. Other Exemption from Taxes and Duties
SEC. 19. Appropriations. – For the initial
implementation of this Act an amount of One
million pesos (P1,000,000) shall be charged
against the current year’s appropriation of the
contingency fund. Thereafter such sums as may
be necessary for its continued implementation
shall be included in the annual General
Appropriations Act.
 SEC. 20. Separability Clause. – If for any reason any provision of this Act is
declared invalid or unconstitutional, the rest shall not be affected thereby.
SEC. 21. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, orders, rules and regulations or
parts thereof inconsistent with this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC. 22. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect after completion of its
publication in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of general
circulation.
Approved,
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR.
Speaker of the House
of Representatives(Sgd.) EDGARDO J. ANGARA
President of the Senate
This Act which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 1516 and House Bill No.
10450, was finally passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on
February 22, 1994 and February 21, 1994, respectively.
 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7836

AN ACT TO STRENGTHEN THE REGULATION

AND SUPERVISION OF THE PRACTICE OF
TEACHING IN THE PHILIPPINES AND
PRESCRIBING A LICENSURE EXAMINATION
FOR TEACHERS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
SECTION 1. Short Title. — This Act shall be
known as the "Philippine Teachers
Professionalization Act of 1994."
Sec. 2. Statement of Policy. — The State
recognizes the vital role of teachers in nation-
building and development through a
responsible and literate citizenry.Towards this
end, the State shall ensure and promote
quality education by proper supervision and
regulation of the licensure examination and
professionalization of the practice of the
teaching profession.
Sec. 3. Objectives
Sec. 4. Definition of Terms
 ARTICLE II
BOARD FOR PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS
Sec. 5. Creation and Composition of the Board. — There is hereby
created under this Act a Board for Professional Teachers, hereinafter
called the Board, a collegial body under the general supervision and
administrative control of the Professional Regulation Commission,
hereinafter referred to as the Commission, composed of five (5)
members who shall be appointed by the President of the Philippines
from among the recommendees chosen by the Commission.The
recommendees shall be chosen from the list of nominees selected by
the accredited association of teachers, who duly possess all the
qualifications prescribed in Section 8 of this Act.
The chairman and the voice-chairman of the Board shall be
appointed from these five (5) members by the President: Provided,
That the members of the first Board appointed under this Act shall
be automatically registered as professional teachers and issued with
the certificate of registration and professional license upon payment
of the fees for examination, registration, and other fees prescribed
by the Commission.
Sec. 6. Duties and Function of the Board.
Sec. 7. Term of Office.
Sec. 8. Qualification of Board Members
 Sec. 9. Compensation of the Board. — The chairman, vice-chairman, and
members of the Board shall receive compensation comparable to the
compensation received by existing regulatory boards under the Professional
Regulation Commission, computed on the basis of the number of
examinees/candidates.
Sec. 10. Supervision of the Board and Custodian of its Records. — The Board
shall be under the supervision and control of the Commission. All records,
including applications for examination, examination papers and results,
minutes of deliberation, administrative cases and investigative cases and
investigations involving professional teachers shall be kept by the
Commission.
Sec. 11. Secretariat and Support Services. — The Professional Regulation
Commission, through its chairman, shall provide the secretariat and other
support services to implement effectively the provisions of this Act.cralaw
Sec. 12. Removal of a Board Member. — The chairman or any member of the
Board may be removed by the President of the Philippines upon
recommendation of the Commission for neglect of duty, incompetence,
unprofessional, unethical, immoral or dishonorable conduct, commission or
toleration of irregularities in the examination, after having been given the
opportunity to defend himself in a proper administrative investigation.
In the course of investigation, the President may preventively suspend the
respondent.
 ARTICLE III
EXAMINATION AND REGISTRATION

Sec. 13. Examination, Registration and License Required. — Except as

otherwise specifically allowed under the provisions of this Act, all
applicants for registration as professional teachers shall be required
to undergo a written examination which shall be given at least once
a year in such places and dates as the Board may determine upon
approval by the Commission. A valid certificate of registration and a
valid professional license from the Commission are required before
any person is allowed to practice as a professional teacher in the
Philippines, except as otherwise allowed under this Act.
Sec. 14. Scope of Examination. — The examinations for the
elementary and secondary school teachers shall be separate. The
examination for teachers in the elementary level shall consist of two
(2) parts, namely: professional education and general education. The
examination for teachers in the secondary level shall consist of three
(3) parts, namely: professional education, general education, and
field of specialization.
Sec. 15. Qualification Requirements of
Applicants
Sec. 16. Report of the Results of the
Examination.
Sec. 17. Issuance of Certificate of
Registration and Professional License.
Sec. 18. Oath Before Practice.
Sec. 19. Periodic Merit Examination of
Teachers
Sec. 20. Failure to Pass the Merit Examination
Sec. 21. Incentives
Sec. 22. Integration of the Teaching Profession
Sec. 23. Revocation of the Certificate of
Registration, Suspension from the Practice of the
Teaching Profession, and Cancellation of
Temporary or Special Permit
Sec. 24. Registration by Reciprocity.
Sec. 25. Roster of Professional Teachers.
Sec. 26. Registration and Exception.
 ARTICLE IV
PROVISIONS RELATIVE TO THE PRACTICE OF THE TEACHING
PROFESSION
Sec. 27. Inhibition Against the Practice of the Teaching Profession. —
Except as otherwise allowed under this Act, no person shall practice
or offer to practice the teaching profession in the Philippines or be
appointed as teacher to any position calling for a teaching position
without having previously obtained a valid certificate of registration
and a valid professional license from the Commission.
Sec. 28. Penal Provisions. — The following shall be punishable by a
fine of not less than Five thousand pesos (P5,000.00) nor more than
Twenty thousand pesos (P20,000.00) or imprisonment of nor less
than six (6) months nor more than five (5) years, or both, at the
discretion of the court:
Sec. 29. Appropriations
Sec. 30. Implementing Guidelines.
Sec. 31. Transitory Provision.
Sec. 32. Separability Clause.
Sec. 33. Repealing Clause. — All laws, presidential
decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations or parts
thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are
hereby repealed or modified accordingly.
Sec. 34. Effectivity Clause. — This Act shall take effect
after fifteen (15) days following its complete publication
in the Official Gazette or in two (2) newspapers of
general circulation.
Approved: December 16, 1994