Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 5270)
The Pablo Borbon Memorial School of Arts and Trades, located in the Municipality of Batangas, Province of Batangas, is converted into the Pablo Borbon Memorial Institute of Technology.
The Institute is authorized to offer four-year secondary trade, four-year technical courses, four-year courses leading to Bachelor of Science degrees in Industrial Arts and Industrial Education, a two-year graduate course leading to a Master of Arts in Industrial Education, and, as facilities allow, Bachelor of Science courses in Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering.
The purpose is to provide higher vocational, professional, and technical instruction and training in trade and industrial education and other vocational courses, to offer engineering courses, and to promote research, advance studies, and progressive leadership in these fields.
The President of the Institute is appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees and is subject to confirmation by the Commission on Appointments.
The Board of Trustees has powers including appropriating funds, conferring degrees, authorizing certificate awards, appointing faculty and officers, approving curricula and rules, fixing fees, granting scholarships and fellowships, making regulations for governance, and receiving donations for the Institute.
Members include the Secretary of Education (ex officio Chairman), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Education, Chairman of the House Committee on Education, Director of Vocational Education, President of the Institute, President of the Institute Alumni Association, and President of the Chamber of Industries of the Philippines.
No religious test shall be applied in the appointment of faculty and personnel; religious affiliation is not to be considered. Instructors or professors shall not inculcate sectarian tenets nor attempt to influence students for or against any church or sect, with dismissal as penalty for violations.
The Board of Trustees must file a detailed report with the President of the Philippines on or before the fifteenth of June each year, detailing the progress, conditions, and needs of the Institute.
The President receives eighteen thousand pesos per annum; Registrar and Dean of Instruction each receive ten thousand eight hundred pesos; Department Heads receive ten thousand pesos; Professors receive nine thousand six hundred pesos; Instructors receive between four thousand two hundred pesos and eight thousand four hundred pesos.
The existing faculty and personnel are absorbed by the new Institute with salaries adjusted according to the provisions of the law; the incumbent superintendent assumes the role of President, the head of teacher education becomes Dean of Instruction, and the registrar continues in their role.