Question & AnswerQ&A (Republic Act No. 11785)
The official short title is the 'PUP-Caloocan City-North Campus Act.'
A campus of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) in Caloocan City-North, known as the PUP-Caloocan City-North Campus, is established.
The campus is mandated to provide short-term technical-vocational, undergraduate, and graduate courses within areas of competency and specialization, as deemed necessary by the Board of Regents.
The campus is mandated to undertake research and extension services and provide progressive leadership in these areas, including offering graduate degrees through open distance learning under the PUP Open University System.
The Campus Administrator is appointed or designated by the Board of Regents upon the recommendation of the search committee and the President of the University.
The Campus Administrator shall render full-time service and must meet the guidelines, qualifications, and standards set by the Board.
The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) prescribes the minimum requirements for its operation and program offerings.
All assets, personnel, and records, as well as liabilities and obligations, are transferred to the Polytechnic University of the Philippines, and the positions, rights, and security of tenure of faculty and personnel are respected.
All parcels of government-owned land occupied by the campus shall be declared the property of the University and titled under its name. If the University ceases to exist or no longer needs the land, it will revert to the local government units concerned or to the Republic of the Philippines.
Republic Act No. 8292, the Higher Education Modernization Act of 1997, forms part of this Act and along with it serves as the governing charter of the University.
The amount necessary to implement the Act shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
If any part or provision is declared invalid or unconstitutional, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect.
The Act took effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
Yes, all laws, presidential decrees, executive orders, rules and regulations contrary to or inconsistent with this Act are repealed or modified accordingly.