AMENDING PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 190 CREATING THE NATIONAL DEFENSE COLLEGE OF THE PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

WHEREAS, Presidential Decree No. 190, dated May 11, 1973,
created the National Defense College of the Philippines to develop
qualified military leaders and civilian executives for national policy
formulation and competency for high command;

WHEREAS, in order that the purposes and objectives of said
National Defense College of the Philippines can be effectively and
satisfactorily attained, it is necessary to strengthen the organization
by way of quality participants and college personnel.

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 amend
Presidential Decree No. 190 as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 1 of the decree is hereby amended to
read as follows:

“SECTION 1. There shall be established in the Philippines
under the Department of National Defense an educational institution to
be known as the ‘NATIONAL DEFENSE College of the Philippines’.”

SEC. 2. Sec. 2 of the decree is hereby amended to read as
follows:

SEC. 2. The College shall be specifically designed and
geared to prepare and develop potential national defense leaders,
civilian officials of the different branches of the Government, and
selected executives from the private sector.”

SEC. 3. Sec. 3 of the decree is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 3. (a) The College shall be under the direction,
control and supervision of the Secretary of National Defense. It shall
be headed by a President who shall administer the College with the
assistance of an Executive Vice President.

2. The College shall have an Academic Board to be composed of
   the Vice-President for Academic Affairs as Chairman, and the heads of
   the academic disciplines, as members.
3. The College is empowered to confer the degree of Master
   in National Security Administration (MNSA) upon all its
   students who will satisfactorily complete the prescribed course of
   studies: Provided, however, That students who completed the
   regular course of the college prior to the approval of the Decree are
   hereby declared eligible to the privileges conferred hereon.”

SEC. 4. Section 6 of the decree is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 6. (a) The heads of various Departments, offices,
agencies and instrumentalities of the National Government, and the
Armed Forces of the Philippines shall submit to the Secretary of
National Defense a list of their ranking officials and officers who are
holding or are earmarked for positions of higher responsibility and/or
are involved in the formulation and implementation of national security
policy. The names of these officials and officers shall compose the
Standing List of NDCP Candidates, hereafter called the List, which shall
be annually kept up to date. Holders of the MNSA Degree shall not
be included in the List. The President of the College shall recommend to
the Secretary of National Defense the number of candidates for
inclusion in the List from the AFP, each department, offices, agencies,
and instrumentalities of the national government.

2. Upon request of the Secretary of National Defense, the various
   Heads of Departments, offices, agencies, and instrumentalities of the
   National Government are hereby authorized to detail officers and
   employees for duty or to take any course of instruction in the College.

3. The President of the College shall circularize to the
   private sector, not later than ninety (90) days prior to the opening
   of each course of study student quota spaces for selected
   executives.
4. The College shall have a Board of Admission responsible for
   the screening and selection of the best qualified candidates from the
   Standing List of NDCP Candidates and the private sector. It
   shall be composed of five members to be chosen by the President
   of the College, three of whom shall be outstanding MNSA
   graduates each representing the military, civilian government and the
   private sector.
5. Allowances of military and civilian personnel detailed with
   the College for duty therein, as well as those of students of the
   College, shall be fixed by the Secretary of National Defense.”

SEC. 5. Section 7 of the Decree is hereby amended to read
as follows:

“SEC. 7. Graduates of the College will receive, for
purposes of promotion to key and sensitive positions in the military and
civilian offices, preferential consideration and/or credit points in
the grade or class of their respective positions.

Subject to existing AFP regulations, the following shall be
complied with:

1. Civilians who will graduate from the NDCP will receive an
   initial rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
2. Civilians who will graduate from the NDCP and who are holders
   of a commission in the reserve force (inactive) below the rank of
   Lieutenant Colonel shall be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel.
3. AFP personnel in the active service and who will graduate
   from the NDCP are not covered by the provisions of this paragraph.

Authority to use with honor the abbreviations MNSA after their
names shall be given to all graduates of this College.”

SEC. 6. Section 9 of the decree is hereby amended to read as
follows:

“SEC. 9. Such sum or sums as may be needed to carry out the
provisions of this Decree is hereby appropriated and shall be carried
annually under the Department of National Defense in the General
Appropriations Act.”

Done in the City of Manila, this 13th day of May, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-four.