TRANSFERRING THE CNI SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM INCLUDING THE FUNDS AND PROPERTY THEREOF TO THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE

WHEREAS, the Government recognizes the importance of the
integration and consolidation of its scholarship programs as envisioned
in Republic Act No. 4090;

WHEREAS, the State deems it its duty to grant educational
opportunities to deserving members of the Cultural Minorities through
proper and systematic selection of grantees, and the proper channeling
of said grantees to appropriate courses in line with their aptitudes and
abilities geared to the manpower needs of the New Society;

WHEREAS,
as early as November 1972 the CNI Commissioner made representations
with the Department of Education and Culture to administer the test for
CNI scholars; and

WHEREAS, the Department of Education and
Culture has an adequate and competent staff which can handle the
testing program;

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 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, do hereby order
and decree that the CNI Scholarship Program including the funds and
property thereof be transferred to the Department of Education and
Culture. The Secretary of Education and Culture shall designate any
appropriate office or unit under the Department to administer the
program.

This Decree shall form part of the law of the land and
shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this
15th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and
seventy-three.