QuestionsQuestions (Republic Act No. 5250)
It establishes a ten-year training program for teachers of special and exceptional children, administered and supervised by the Bureau of Public Schools in cooperation with the University of the Philippines.
The Bureau of Public Schools, with cooperation from the University of the Philippines.
Section 2 of RA 5250 defines them as the mentally retarded, the crippled, the deaf and hard of hearing, the speech handicapped, the socially and emotionally disturbed, and the gifted.
Institutions of learning chosen by the Department of Education shall carry out the training and must grant the necessary credit for the training undertaken.
They are charged against the funds of the program and disbursed by the Director of Public Schools.
The Director of Public Schools disburses the funds for expenses incurred under the program.
Yes. As far as practicable, it requires setting up pilot classes in regular schools to integrate special children into the regular school program and to encourage socialization.
It states that the program should set up projects so that special education is conducted within the facilities of regular schools whenever possible.
It requires research and survey projects to identify and locate exceptional children in need of the program’s services.
It provides for scholarships every year for ten years for prospective teachers who undertake the training courses.
The program coordinator must ensure that scholarship grantees and trainees are intellectually and emotionally prepared to handle special education.
The Secretary of Education shall issue rules and regulations and employ specialists necessary to implement the provisions of the Act.
Three hundred fifty thousand pesos is authorized for the fiscal year 1968 to carry out the Act.
It provides that thereafter, such sums as are necessary for the operation of the training program shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
From any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
Upon its approval.
Cooperation between the Bureau of Public Schools and the University of the Philippines.
Integration into the regular school program and encouraging socialization.