CONVERTING THE NUEVA VIZCAYA AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE INTO THE NUEVA VIZCAYA STATE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, EXPANDING FOR THIS PURPOSE ITS CURRICULAR PROGRAMS IN TECHNOLOGY

WHEREAS, the Constitution of the Philippines directs the
State to establish and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated
system of education relevant to the goals of national development, and
further prescribes that all educational institutions shall aim to
develop scientific, technological and vocational efficiency;

WHEREAS, under Presidential Decree No. 6 A, promulgated on
September 29, 1972, it has been declared a policy to reorient the
educational system toward an accelerated national economic growth; and

WHEREAS, the conversion of the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural
College into a State Institute of Technology, broadening for this
purpose its curricular programs, would serve to achieve the above
national goals;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution as
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant
to Proclamation No. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order
No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree
to be part of the laws of the land the following:

SECTION 1. The present Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College,
located in the Municipality of Bayombong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, is
hereby converted into the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology,
hereinafter referred to in this Decree as the Institute.

SEC. 2. The Institute shall primarily provide higher
vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in
agricultural and industrial fields. It shall also promote research,
advance studies, and progressive leadership in the fields of agriculture
including agricultural education and home technology, fishery, forestry
and industrial education.

SEC. 3. In addition to its present secondary agricultural
course and undergraduate course leading to the degree of Bachelor of
Science in Agriculture, the Institute shall offer undergraduate courses
leading to the. degrees of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural
Education, Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Engineering, Bachelor of
Science in Home Technology, Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education,
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts, and Bachelor of Science in
Forestry; post graduate courses leading to the degrees of Master of
Science in Agriculture and Master of Science in Agricultural Education;
courses in freshwater fish culture and such other degree courses and
special courses as the Board of Trustees may deem necessary.

SEC. 4. No student shall be denied admission to the
Institute by reason of sex, ethnic consideration, or religious belief or
affiliation.

SEC. 5. The head of the Institute shall be known as the
President of the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology. He shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines.

The powers and duties of the President of the Institute, in
addition to those specifically provided for in this Decree, shall be
those usually pertaining to the office of the president of a college.

SEC. 6. The governing body of the Institute shall be the Board
of Trustees of the Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology. It shall
be composed of the Secretary of Education and Culture who shall be the
Chairman, the Director of Public Schools, the Director of Vocational
Education, the President of the Institute, the President of the Alumni
Association of the Institute, and four prominent residents of Nueva
Vizcaya who are holders of degrees relevant to the courses offered in
the Institute.

Such residents shall be appointed by the President
of the Philippines. Of the first group appointed, the President shall
designate one to serve for one year; one to serve for two years; one to
serve for three years and one to serve for Tour years. Thereafter
persons appointed to succeed such members shall hold office for a term
of four years and until their successors shall have been appointed and
qualified. In case of a permanent vacancy, the position shall be filled
by appointment by the President of the Philippines. Such appointee shall
hold office for the unexpired term only.

When the Secretary of
Education and Culture is unable to perform his duties as Chairman of the
Board due to illness, absence or other cause, or in case of a vacancy
in the office, the Undersecretary of Education and Culture shall
temporarily perform the functions of the Chairman of said Board. When
both the Secretary and the Undersecretary of Education and Culture arc
unable to exercise the powers of the Chairman of the Board of Trustees,
the members of the Board shall elect from among themselves a temporary
chairman who shall act as Chairman thereof.

SEC. 7. The Members of the Board of Trustees shall serve
without compensation but they shall be reimbursed for actual and
necessary expenses incurred either in attendance upon meetings of the
Board or upon other official business authorized by resolution thereof.

SEC. 8. In addition to its general powers of
administration, the Board of Trustees shall have the following powers
and duties:

(a) To receive and appropriate for the purposes specified by
law such sums as may be provided for the support of the Institute.
(b) To confer degrees upon successful candidates for graduation
of the Institute. It may also confer the usual honorary degrees upon
persons in recognition of learning, statesmanship or eminence in
science, agriculture, forestry, industry or public service related to
such fields;

(c) Subject to Civil Service Law, rules and regulations, to
appoint, upon recommendation of the President of the Institute, the
Deans of the different schools of the Institute, the Registrar, the
heads of departments, professors, instructors, lecturers and other
employees of the Institute; to fix, in accordance with WAPCO rates,
their compensation; to prescribe hours of service, duties and the
conditions of work as it may deem proper; to grant to them in its
discretion, leave of absence under such regulations as it may
promulgate, any provisions of law to the contrary notwithstanding, and
to remove them for cause after an investigation and hearing pursuant to
Civil Service Law governing disciplinary action;

(d) To approve the curricula and rules of discipline drawn up by
the Institute 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 to constitute a special trust fund of the Institute,
and remit the same to the office or authority concerned;

(f) To provide fellowships and scholarships for deserving
faculty members and students;
(g) To prescribe rules for its own government and for this
purpose, to enact such regulations not contrary to law, as may be
necessary;
(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 Institute or of a department thereof, or for aid to any
student 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;

(i) To maintain and support as its branches the Santa Cruz Community
School in the Municipality of Kayapa, the Sta. Fe Community High School
in the Municipality of Sta. Fe, the Casat Community High School in the
Municipality of Bayombong, the Tuao Community School in the Municipality
of Bagabag, the Belance Settlement School in the Municipality of Dupax,
all in the Province of Nueva Vizcaya; to establish such other branches
within the Province of Nueva Vizcaya as may be necessary and within the
limits of its appropriations, and to designate other schools of
secondary levels as feeder schools;

(j) To provide vocational training to adult citizens and
out-of-school youths; and
(k) To name after prominent Filipinos or heroes any hall, building,
annex, ground, or branch of the Institute.

SEC. 9. A quorum of the Board of Trustees shall consist of a
majority of all the members holding office at the time the meeting of
the Board is called. All processes against the Board of Trustees shall
be served on the President or secretary thereof.

SEC. 10. On or before the fifteenth day of June of each
year, the Board of Trustees shall submit to the President of the
Philippines a detailed report, setting forth the progress, condition,
and needs of the Institute.

SEC. 11. There shall be an Institute Council consisting
of the President of the Institute and all members of the faculty of the
Institute. 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 Institute,
as well as for graduation and the conferring of degrees, subject to
review by the Board of Trustees. The Council alone shall have the power
to recommend students or others to be recipients of degrees. Through the
President of the Institute or a duly authorized committee, the Council
shall have disciplinary power over the students within the limits
prescribed by the rules of discipline.

SEC. 12. The body of instructors and professors of the
Institute shall constitute the faculty of the Institute, with the
President of the Institute as the presiding officer.

No member of the faculty of the Institute shall attempt
directly or indirectly, under penalty of dismissal by the Board of
Trustees, to influence students or attendants at the Institute towards
any ideology, political or otherwise, which preaches the overthrow of
the Government through violence or subversion.

SEC. 13. There shall be a secretary of the Institute who
shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees upon recommendation of the
President of the Institute. He shall be the secretary of the Board and
also of the Institute, and shall keep such records of the Institute as
may be determined by the Board of Trustees.

SEC. 14. The President of the Institute, may, upon prior
consultation with the superintendent of schools of the province,
designate any secondary school in the division concerned as training or
laboratory school of the Institute.

SEC. 15. The Treasurer of the Philippines shall be ex
officio treasurer of the Institute. All accounts and expenses
therefor shall be audited by the Commission on Audit and all
disbursements shall be made in accordance with existing auditing rules
and regulations.

SEC. 16. Heads of bureaus and offices of the National
Government arc hereby authorized to loan or transfer, upon request of
the President of the Institute, such apparatus, equipment or supplies as
may be needed by the Institute and to detail employees for duty
therein, when in the judgment of the head of the bureau or office, such
apparatus, equipment, supplies or the services of such employees can be
spared without serious detriment to the public service. Employees so
detailed shall perform such duty as is required under such detail, and
the time so employed shall be counted as part of their regular official
service.

SEC. 17. The requirements provided in this Decree as may
prove adverse to the present faculty and employees of the Nueva
Vizcaya Agricultural College who may be absorbed by the Nueva Vizcaya
State Institute of Technology shall not apply to them. But future
appointees to the said Institute shall be subject to all the
requirements provided in this Decree.

SEC. 18. All parcels of land, buildings, equipment and
facilities owned by the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College, as well as
all obligations and appropriations thereof, shall be transferred to the
Nueva Vizcaya State Institute of Technology.

SEC. 19. In addition to the amount already appropriated
for the Nueva Vizcaya Agricultural College, there is hereby appropriated
the sum of five hundred thousand pesos for purposes of carrying out
immediately the provisions of this Decree. Hereafter such sums as may be
necessary to carry out the provisions of this Decree shall be included
annually in the General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 20. This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of May, in the year
of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.