Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 4317)
The main purpose of Republic Act No. 4317 is to establish a school for Philippine craftsmen in the Municipality of Malinao, Province of Aklan, to promote home and small industries and provide vocational education related to indigenous crafts.
The school is established in the Municipality of Malinao, Province of Aklan.
The school operates under the supervision and administration of the Home Industries Division, Bureau of Vocational Education.
The Director of Vocational Education, subject to the approval of the Secretary of Education, is authorized to organize the curricular instruction in the school.
The school shall offer a secondary home industries curriculum and opportunity classes that focus on the exploitation and fabrication of indigenous raw materials into standardized handcrafted articles.
The principal functions include training out-of-school youths and adults in skills, production, marketing, and cooperative education; conducting studies on processing and utilizing indigenous materials; and researching industrial designing, standardization, and packaging of handcrafted articles for domestic and foreign markets.
Yes, the school is authorized to accept endowments, donations, or contributions from provincial and municipal governments, civic-spirited citizens, agencies, and entities for its improvement and expansion.
The amount of three hundred thousand pesos is appropriated for the establishment, operation, and maintenance of the school.
It includes the cost of acquiring a school site, constructing needed buildings, and operational expenses including extension training in different localities of the province.
Students are allowed to earn in commercial production to partly pay for their educational expenses.
The Act took effect upon its approval on June 19, 1965.