Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 416)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 416 is to convert the Philippine Normal School into the Philippine Normal College, confer degrees of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and Master of Arts in Education, provide for a Board of Trustees, and to offer professional and technical instruction in elementary education.
The Philippine Normal College offers a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education and a Master of Arts in Education.
The head of the Philippine Normal College is known as the President of the College, who is appointed by the President of the Philippines upon the recommendation of the Board of Trustees.
The Board of Trustees consists of the Secretary of Education (ex-officio Chairman), the Chairmen of the Committees on Education of the Senate and the House of Representatives, the Director of Public Schools, the President of the College, and the President of the Philippine Normal School Alumni Association.
The Board of Trustees has powers including receiving and appropriating funds, conferring degrees, appointing and removing staff, approving curricula and discipline rules, fixing fees, granting scholarships, providing rules for governance, and managing donations.
A quorum of the Board of Trustees consists of a majority of all the members.
The College Council, composed of the President and all instructors and professors, prescribes curricula and discipline rules subject to Board approval, fixes admission and graduation requirements, recommends degree recipients, and exercises disciplinary powers over students.
No, there is no religious test for the appointment of professors or instructors, and religious opinions or affiliations shall not be examined or inquired into.
Faculty members who inculcate sectarian tenets or attempt to influence students for or against any particular church are subject to dismissal by the Board of Trustees.
No, professors and other regular instructors are exempt from civil service examinations or regulations as a requirement for appointment.
An appropriation of seven hundred fifty thousand pesos from the National Treasury has been made for the fiscal year 1949-1950, released only upon certification of fund availability by the Secretary of Finance and the Auditor General.
Republic Act No. 416 took effect on July 1, 1949.
The Board can fix tuition fees, matriculation fees, graduation fees, fees for laboratory courses, and all special fees, and remit these fees in special cases.
Yes, the Board can receive legacies, gifts, and donations of all kinds and manage them for the benefit of the College or aid to students, following the donor's instructions or at the Board's discretion if no instructions exist.
The secretary of the College, appointed by the Board of Trustees, keeps the college records and serves as the secretary to the Board of Trustees.