CONVERTING THE TIWI NATIONAL VOCATIONAL SCHOOL INTO AN AGRO-INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL

WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 6301, enacted without executive
approval on June 19, 1971 established a national vocational school in
the Municipality of Tiwi, Province of Albay, and authorizes the
appropriation of funds therefor;

WHEREAS, said school has been placed under the direct
supervision of the Director of Vocational Education;

WHEREAS, said Republic Act No. 6301 authorizes the offering
of the following courses: a) general education curriculum with practical
arts for the first and second year, b) vocational education curriculum
including craftsmanship and home industries in the third and fourth
years, c) short vocational courses and d) two-year post secondary
technical courses;

WHEREAS, Resolution No. 153 of the Municipal Council of
Tiwi, Albay, dated January 15, 1974, recommended the establishment of an
Agro-Industrial School in said municipality;

WHEREAS, the survey made indicates that the town of Tiwi,
Albay, and the surrounding municipalities are basically agricultural,
hence, the establishment of an Agro-Industrial School has been favorably
recommended; and

WHEREAS, the approved budget for the implementation of
Republic Act No. 6301 indicates Agro-Industrial vocational education
programs which crystallized in effect the clamour of the citizens
thereat for the establishment of an Agro-Industrial School;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and decree the amendment to Section 1 of said Republic
Act No. 6301 to read as follows:

SECTION 1. The Tiwi National Vocational School is hereby
converted into an Agro-Industrial School at Tiwi, Albay, to be known as
the Tiwi Agro-Industrial School.

“SEC. 2. The sum of two hundred thousand pesos is hereby
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise
appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said
school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and seventy-five.
Thereafter, such sums as may be necessary shall be included in the
annual General Appropriations Act.”

This Decree shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 29th day of May, in the year of
Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.