QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 3859)
It empowers and directs the Director of Education to issue rules and regulations prescribing the kind of dress or clothing to be used by students in schools under its jurisdiction and control.
They must be made only of simple and economical material, with preference given to native products.
No. It expressly provides that in no case shall uniforms or dresses made of silk, wool, or other expensive material be prescribed.
The Director must take into consideration the general financial condition of the parents of the students of each school to ensure that uniforms/dresses are within the financial ability of such parents.
No uniform or dress shall be prescribed which shall not be within the reach of the financial ability of the parents of students of each school.
Students of public high schools, secondary trade, agricultural, vocational and normal schools.
It repeals Act No. 3404, known as the Uniform Law.
Act No. 3404, commonly known as the Uniform Law.
Yes. It repealed Act No. 3404, which had authorized and directed the Director of Education and the President of the University of the Philippines to issue uniform rules.
It takes effect from the school-year beginning June, nineteen hundred and thirty-two.
It was approved on November 13, 1931.
The “kind of dress” must be based on rules that use simple and economical materials, prefer native products, and remain affordable to parents.
No. The Act categorically prohibits prescribing uniforms made of silk, wool, or other expensive materials.
Such a prescription would be unlawful under Section 1 because uniforms/dresses not within parents’ financial ability cannot be prescribed, and expensive materials cannot be used.