QuestionsQuestions (PROCLAMATION NO. 133)
RA 11856 converts the Iligan City National School of Fisheries (ICNSF) into a polytechnic state college to be known as the Iligan City Polytechnic State College (ICPSC).
The main campus shall be in Iligan City.
It shall primarily provide advanced instruction and professional training in specified fields (education, engineering, science and technology, arts and humanities, ICT, agriculture, forestry, and other relevant fields), and also undertake research and extension services and production activities supporting socioeconomic development in Lanao del Norte.
It may offer short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within its competency/specialization, including TESDA-supervised technical-vocational courses.
Existing and any future technical-vocational courses or programs under TESDA supervision shall continue to be offered in the college.
It provides that reasonably-sized laboratory junior and senior high school and elementary school shall continue to operate under the supervision of the College of Education for in-campus requirements.
The corporate powers are exercised exclusively by the Board and the President of the College.
The Board is chaired and co-chaired by the CHED Chairperson and the College President, respectively, with members including Senate and House committee chairpersons on higher/technical/vocational education, regional directors of NEDA, DOST, DA, TESDA, presidents of faculty/student/alumni federations, and two prominent private-sector citizens.
They are appointed from a list of at least five qualified persons from Lanao del Norte recommended by a search committee; they serve for a term of two years from appointment.
Examples: (1) approve curricula, instructional programs, and student discipline rules; (2) appoint vice presidents, deans, directors, campus heads, faculty, and other officials; (3) fix tuition fees and other school charges and manage special trust funds.
Yes. Income generated from tuition and other charges, auxiliary services, and land grants may be retained by the College and disbursed by the Board for instruction, research, extension, or other college programs/projects, while fiduciary fees must be disbursed for the specific purposes collected.
It convenes regularly once every three months; special meetings may be called when necessary with written notice at least three days prior. Quorum requires majority of all members holding office, with the CHED Chairperson or the President among those present.
The Board appoints the President based on guidelines/standards and upon recommendation of a duly constituted search committee. The term is four years with reappointment allowed. The incumbent President of ICNSF, if qualified, shall serve as the first President of the ICPSC to ensure smooth transition.
Only upon CHED’s determination and declaration—based on a panel of experts’ recommendation—that the institution complied with CHED requirements for college/university status per CHED Memorandum Order No. 46, s. 2012; until then, the ICNSF retains its prior status.
It states that all assets/personnel/records/liabilities of ICNSF are transferred to the College, but positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty and personnel employed under existing laws prior to conversion are respected; incumbents remain in the same status until otherwise provided by the Board.
Imports of economic/technical/cultural books or publications for eligible educational purposes are exempt from customs duties upon CHED certification. Grants, bequests, endowments, donations, and contributions used actually, directly, and exclusively for educational purposes are exempt from donor’s tax and allowed as deductible from the donor’s gross income per the NIRC.
Fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.