CONVERTING THE TOMAS OPPUS COMMUNITY COLLEGE IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TOMAS OPPUS, PROVINCE OF SOUTHERN LEYTE, INTO A NORMAL COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS THE TOMAS OPPUS NORMAL COLLEGE.

WHEREAS, the Tomas Oppus Community College in Barangay San
Isidro, Municipality of Tomas Oppus, Province of Southern Leyte, with its very
limited resources, can only offer the Bachelor of Science in Education and
Liberal Arts courses, and therefore cannot meet the needs of the Province of
Leyte for teachers to enhance the educational development of the Province as
well as the municipalities bordering the province;

WHEREAS, the Tomas Oppus Normal College can also extend
teachers education to the youth of the western municipalities of Leyte which are
linked by the Bato-Bato road to the Municipality of Tomas Oppus;

WHEREAS, the growing population of the Province of Southern
Leyte as well as the western municipalities of Leyte is a constant concern of
the Government as well as parents and in order to satisfy the need for a
sufficient number of teachers to staff the schools for these children, a normal
school should be avaiable within the area;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the
Philipines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution, do hereby
order and decree, that:

SECTION 1. The Tomas Oppus Community College in the
Municipality of Tomas Oppus, Province of Southern Leyte, is converted into a
normal college to be known as the Tomas Oppus Normal College, hereinafter
referred to as the College.

SEC. 2. The College shall primarily provide profesional and
advanced instructions in the arts, sciences, humanities, and education. It shall
also promote research, advanced studies and progressive leadership in its field
of specialization.

SEC. 3. In addition to its liberal arts and education
offerings, the College shall offer graduate courses in the fields of education,
humanities and liberal arts and other relevant courses as the Board of Trustees
may deem relevant and necessary to carry out its objectives.

SEC. 4. The governance and administration of the College
shall be in accordance with the provisions of Presidential Decree Numbered
Fourteen Hundred and Thirty-seven.

SEC. 5. All personnel, records, assets and liabilities of
the Tomas Oppus Community College are hereby transferred to and assorotea by the
Tomas Oppus Normal College.

SEC. 6. The existing appropriations intended for the Tomas
Oppus Community College are hereby transferred to the Tomas Oppus Normal
College, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Decree. In
addition, such amount as may be necessary for the implementation of this Decree
shall be charged to the appropriations authorized under the current General
Appropriations of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Thereafter,
such amount as may be needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations Act.

SEC. 7. The Minister of Education shall take such steps as
may be necessary for the immediate implementation of this Decree.

Done in the City of Manila, this 1st day of February, in the year of Our
Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-six.

			(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS President of the Philippines
	By the President:
	(Sgd.) JOAQUIN T. VENUS
		Deputy Presidential Executive Assistant