[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7624, July 11, 1992 ]
AN ACT INTEGRATING DRUG PREVENTION AND CONTROL IN THE INTERMEDIATE AND SECONDARY CURRICULA AS WELL AS IN THE NONFORMAL, INFORMAL AND INDIGENOUS LEARNING SYSTEMS AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled:
Section 1. There shall be integrated in the intermediate and secondary curricula whether in public or private schools as well as in the nonformal, informal, and indigenous learning programs the ill effects of drug abuse, drug addiction, or drug dependency.1âшphi1
Section 2.The Department of Education, Culture and Sports in coordination with the Department of Health and Dangerous Drug Board shall promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary for effective implementation of this Act.
Section 3. The department of Education , Culture and Sports may enlist the assistance of any government agency or instrumentality to carry out the objectives of this Act.
Section 4. All instructional materials needed by the public schools to teach the subject matter as provided under this Act shall be supplied by the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
Section 5. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved,
NEPTALI A. GONZALES
President of the Senate |
RAMON V. MITRA
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
| This Act which is a consolidation of House Bill No. 31366 and Senate Bill No. 108 was finally passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on January 20, 1992 and October 22, 1991, respectively. |
ANACLETO D. BADOY, JR.
Secretary of the Senate |
CAMILO L. SABIO
Secretary General House of Representatives |
FIDEL V. RAMOS
President of the Philippines
Approved, July 11, 1992
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