Memorandum Circular No. 1160




MALACAÑAN PALACE MANILA BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES [ Memorandum Circular No. 1160, August 30, 1979 ] URGING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES CONCERNED TO GIVE MAXIMUM SUPPORT AID ASSISTANCE TO THE NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL TESTING CENTER, MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND CULTURE, IN CONNECTION WITH THE CONDUCT OF THE NATIONAL COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (NCEE) WHEREAS, the National Educational Testing Center (NETC), Ministry of Education and Culture (MEC) , is charged with the duty of administering the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) required of all high school graduates seeking admission to post-secondary decree programs to pass said examination, as provided under Presidential Decree No. 146 dated March 9, 1973; WHEREAS, the NCEE is scheduled to be given on November 11, 1979 in about 1,500 examination centers throughout the country to more than half a-million examinees, a job so great considering the demographic conditions of the Philippines; WHEREFORE, the Ministry of National Defense (MND), the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the National Intelligence and Security Authority (NISA), the Integrated National Police (INF), and the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) , are hereby tasked to extend maximum support and assistance to the NETC, MEC, to ensure full security and smooth administration of the 1979 NCEE all over the country. In a parallel vein, the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development (MLG-CD), the Philippine National Railways (PER), the Philippine Airlines (PAL), the Ministry of Public Highways (MPH), the Ministry of Public Works (MFW), the National Irrigation Administration (NIA), and the National Grains Authority (NGA) are hereby enjoined to share such travel facilities as may be deemed necessary for the smooth implementation of the aforementioned examination. The Ministry of Public Information (MPI), the National Media Production Center (NMPC), and the Bureau of Telecommunications (BUTEL), are likewise enjoined to extend maximum support and assistance relative to the dissemination of essential information pertaining to the holding of the examination and the utilization of communication facilities throughout the country, respectively.1aшphi1 By authority of the President: (SGD.) JACOBO C. CLAVE Presidential Executive Assistant Manila, August 30, 1979 The Lawphil Project - Arellano Law Foundation