QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 9718)
RA 9718 converts the Naval Institute of Technology in Naval, Biliran into a state university to be known as Naval State University (NSU) and integrates with it the Biliran National Agricultural College, both in Biliran.
The main campus is in the Municipality of Naval, Province of Biliran.
To primarily provide advanced education, higher technological and professional instruction and training in specified fields (including arts and sciences, agriculture, fishery, forestry, maritime education, ICT, engineering, tourism, among others), and to undertake research and extension services with progressive leadership in its specialization areas.
No. The Act provides that no degree program shall be offered without the approval of the Commission on Higher Education before the Board of Regents approves it.
It is transferred to the jurisdiction and supervision of the Department of Education (DepED). It may remain and operate within the campus until the currently enrolled students complete their high school education.
It includes: (1) CHED Chairperson (Chair), (2) University President (Vice Chair), (3) Senate Committee on Education Chairperson, (4) House Committee on Higher and Technical Education Chairperson, (5) NEDA Regional Director, (6) DOST Regional Director, (7) Presidents of faculty association, student council, and alumni association, (8) two (2) prominent private sector citizens.
The Board appoints them from at least five (5) qualified persons in Biliran submitted after publication for at least two (2) consecutive weeks, based on a search committee’s recommendation. No private sector representative may be appointed if related by consanguinity or affinity up to the third civil degree to any incumbent local or national official.
Quorum is majority of all its members holding office at the time, but the Chairperson of the Board or the University President must be present. If the CHED Chair is absent, a designated CHED Commissioner represents him/her. The President is the presiding officer during that meeting, unless the CHED Chair designates a CHED Commissioner as regular Chair.
The Board may fix tuition fees and other necessary charges through due consultation. Fees and charges, including government subsidies and other income generated by the University, are treated as special trust funds deposited in an authorized government depository bank, with interests accruing to the same funds. University income may be disbursed for instruction, research, extension, and other University programs, subject to fiduciary fee rules.
Income generated by the University from tuition fees/charges, auxiliary services, and land grants shall be retained by the University and may be disbursed by the Board for University purposes (instruction, research, extension, etc.), while fiduciary fees must be disbursed for their specific collected purposes.
No political beliefs, gender preference, cultural/community affiliation, ethnic origin, or religious opinion/affiliation may be a matter of inquiry. Appointments must follow Board-set guidelines and qualifications, and no faculty member may teach for or against any particular church or religious sect.
It cites Article XIV, Section 5(2) of the Constitution, granting academic freedom and institutional autonomy to the University.
All assets (real/personal), personnel, records, and liabilities/obligations of the Naval Institute of Technology and Biliran National Agricultural College are transferred to the University. Existing faculty and personnel positions, rights, and security of tenure under prior laws are respected.
They are declared property of the University and shall be titled under NSU’s name. If the University ceases to exist, is abolished, or if the parcels are no longer needed, the land reverts to the concerned LGUs.
Within 120 days from approval, the University must: (1) submit a 5-year development plan including the corresponding program budget to CHED for recommendation to DBM; (2) undergo a management audit in cooperation with CHED; and (3) set up its organizational, administrative, and academic structure including key officials.
CHED conducts regular monitoring and evaluation for continuing compliance with University status requirements. If CHED finds non-compliance, it submits an appropriate recommendation for revocation of the University status to the Senate Committee on Education, Arts and Culture and the House Committee on Higher and Technical Education.