Executive Order No. 112




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Executive Order No. 112, July 22, 1993 ] ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL SCIENCE TEACHING INSTRUMENTATION CENTER (NSTIC) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND SPORTS WHEREAS, Section 10, Article XIV of the Constitution provides that: “Science and technology are essential for national development and progress. The State shall give priority to research and development, invention, innovation, and their utilization; and to science and technology education, training, and services. It shall support indigenous, appropriate, and self-reliant scientific and technological capabilities, and their application to the countrys productive systems and national life”; WHEREAS, in conformity with these declared State policies, the Government of the Republic of the Philippines entered into an Agreement with the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany dated 8 February 1989 pursuant to which the Science Training Improvement Project is now being undertaken; WHEREAS, Section 3, Chapter 1, Title 6, Book IV of the Administrative Code of 1987 provides that the Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall have the powers and functions of formulating, planning, implementing and coordinating the policies, plans, programs and projects for non-formal and vocational or technical education as well as for foreign and locally assisted projects; and WHEREAS, for the effective implementation of the Science Teaching Improvement Project and consistent with the abovequoted provisions of the Constitution, there is a need to establish a National Science Teaching Instrumentation Center under the Department of Education Culture and Sports. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order: Section 1. Creation of the Center. – There shall be established a National Science Teaching Instrumentation Center, hereinafter referred to as the Center, in the Department of Education, Culture and Sports which shall, upon close coordination with the Department of Science and Technology, carry out the following objectives: (a) To develop prototypes of science teaching equipment and materials using indigenous materials and locally available technology and adopted to the approved curriculum and tested for learning effectiveness for adoption by the school system; (b) To develop users manuals and experimentation manuals for science teaching equipment, using mainly locally available materials; (c) To develop and prescribe standards for science teaching equipment and materials in the country; (d) To assist the private sector in developing its capability to mass produce the science equipment prototypes developed by the Center by: (1) providing technical assistance to local manufacturers; and (2) establishing collaborative linkages for data and information exchanges between the education sector and the manufacturing industries such as the education sectors demand for and the private sectors capability to supply science equipment and parts thereof; (e) To develop and provided training programs for science teachers on the effective teaching of science using the instructional equipment and materials developed by the Center as well as those that may be developed by the teachers themselves; (f) To undertake quality control of science equipment and materials being provided to the public schools in order to ensure that these equipment and materials meet the technical specifications set forth by the Center; and (g) To develop and implement a system of repair and maintenance of science equipment provided to the public schools. Section 2. Site and Facilities. The Center shall be situated in Sudlon, Lahug, Cebu City on the parcel of land consisting of three thousand (3,000) square meters covered by a Deed of Donation dated 17 March 1992 between the Republic of the Philippines and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. The existing building, facilities, structures and equipment acquired pursuant to the Agreement dated 8 February 1989 between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of the Philippines shall be transferred to the Center, subject to the terms of said agreement. Section 3. Management Committee. – (a) The Center shall have a Management Committee to be composed of: (1) The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, as Chairman; (2) The Director, Bureau of Secondary Education of the DECS; (3) A Regional Director from the DECS to be designated by the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports; The respective Directors of the Science Education Institute and Industrial Technology Institute, as representatives of the Department of Science and Technology; and Two Representatives from the industry to be appointed by the Secretary of Education, Culture, and Sports. In the event that the Secretary cannot attend a meeting, an Undersecretary may be designated to represent him. The Management Committee may also require the attendance of any of the following in any of its meetings: The Director of the Center; The Director, Educational Development Project Implementing Task Force (EDPITAF); and Any Regional Director or official of the DECS. (b) The Management Committee shall have the following powers and functions: (1) Formulate policies necessary for the attainment of the purposes and objectives of the Center; Promulgate rules and regulations governing the Center; Determine the organizational structure of the Center, provided, that, the manpower requirements of the Center shall be taken from the plantilla of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports; and Exercise such powers and functions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Executive Order.1aшphi1 Section 4. Center Director. – The Center shall have a Director who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports and who shall oversee the day-to-day operations of the Center. Section 5. Technical and Staff Support. – The Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall provide technical and staff support to the Center. Section 6. Funding. – The funds necessary for the initial implementation of this Executive Order shall, subject to the approval of the President, be charged against the Contingent Fund under Republic Act No. 7645, also known as the 1993 General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such budget as may be necessary for the continued implementation of this Order shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act, provided, that, said budget for the Center shall be subsumed within the budget ceiling for the Department of Education, Culture and Sports. Section 7. Implementing Authority. – The Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports shall promulgate such rules, regulations and other issuances as may be necessary to ensure the efficient and effective implementation of this Executive Order. Section 8. Effectivity. – This Executive Order shall take effect immediately. DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of July in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Three. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS President of the Philippines By the President: (Sgd.) TEOFISTO T. GUINGONA, JR. Executive Secretary The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation