Title
Abolition of National College Entrance Exam
Law
Republic Act No. 7731
Decision Date
Jun 2, 1994
Republic Act No. 7731 abolishes the National College Entrance Examination in the Philippines, allowing students who failed the previous entrance exams to enroll in post-secondary programs without taking a national exam.

Questions (Republic Act No. 7731)

RA 7731 abolishes the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE).

Section 1 repeals Presidential Decree No. 146, titled “Upgrading the Quality of Education in the Philippines by Requiring All High School Graduates Seeking Admission to Post Secondary Degree Programs Necessitating a Minimum of Four Years Study To Pass a National Entrance Examination and Appropriating Funds Therefor.”

No. Section 3 states that no national entrance examination shall be required for admission to post-secondary degree programs.

Institutions can no longer deny or refuse enrollment based on failure to the NCEE requirements under the repealed P.D. No. 146, subject to their own admission requirements.

It provides that those who failed the NCEE and did not make the required grade for admissions shall no longer be denied or refused enrollment in eligible post-secondary programs, subject to the admission requirements of the institutions.

Those who failed the examinations required under P.D. No. 146 and failed to make the grade for admissions.

Post-secondary programs necessitating a minimum of four (4) years study as prescribed under the repealed P.D. No. 146.

No. While it abolishes the national entrance exam requirement, Section 2 allows enrollment subject to the admission requirements of the institutions concerned.

Yes. RA 7731 does not eliminate institutional admission requirements; it removes the national entrance examination requirement.

P.D. No. 146 is repealed for the purpose of abolishing the NCEE.

Upon its approval (Section 4).

They should not be denied or refused enrollment based on failure to the NCEE, subject to the admission requirements of the institution.

No. The law abolishes national entrance exams but does not require a replacement national examination.


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