PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 128, February 13, 1973
AMENDING PART XII, ARTICLE VIII, SECTION 1, OF THE INTEGRATED REORGANIZATION PLAN APPROVED UNDER PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1, DATED SEPTEMBER 24, 1972
Commander-in-Chief of all 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, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS,
President of the Philippines, do hereby amend Part XII, Article VIII,
Section 1, of the Integrated Reorganization Plan approved under
Presidential Decree No. 1, dated September 24, 1972, to read as follows:
“SEC. 1. The Board on Textbooks is renamed Textbook Board, with
seven members, at least one of whom shall be from among the Muslims and
other national cultural minorities. Its functions shall be limited to
the selection and approval of suitable textbooks to be used in the
public elementary and secondary schools and the approval of suitable
textbooks to be used by elementary and secondary private schools. The
chairman and four members of the Board shall be appointed by the
President of the Philippines for a term of three years and shall have at
least a master’s degree or its equivalent in terms of professional
experience, status and achievements. The Director of the Bureau of
Elementary Education shall replace the Director of Public Schools and
the Director of Private Schools as ex officio members of the
Textbook Board.”
This Decree is hereby made part of the law of the land and shall
take effect immediately.
Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of February, in the
year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.
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(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
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President
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Republic of the Philippines
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| (Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR | |||
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