QuestionsQuestions (Act No. 3349)
Act No. 3349 provides for the training and appointment of “special teachers” for public schools in specified provinces (Mindanao, Sulu, Palawan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province), by selecting students for training in normal schools and later appointing them as teachers.
The Director of Education is authorized and directed to select the students through a competitive examination.
The Director of Education must select students “thru competitive examination.” Those who pass the examination may be selected for training.
The law mentions “Mohammedan and non-Christian Filipinos” from the special provinces of Mindanao, Sulu, Palawan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province.
They study in any insular or provincial normal school in the Philippines, and are later appointed as teachers in the public schools in the same specified provinces.
They must sign a contract binding themselves to teach for such time as required by the Director of Education and to refund the Government such sums (or portion fixed by the Director) received if they do not teach during the required period without sufficient cause.
The student must refund to the Government the sums they received, or such portion as the Director of Education may fix.
It is left to the Director of Education—students agree to teach for “such time as may be required by the Director of Education.”
The Director is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations governing selection and training of the students and their assignment as teachers.
Mindanao, Sulu, Palawan, Nueva Vizcaya, and the Mountain Province.
Thirty thousand pesos (₱30,000) is appropriated to carry out the purposes of the Act—i.e., training and appointment of special teachers.
It is appropriated out of any funds in the Insular Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
It takes effect upon its approval.
It shows that passing the examination is not the final selection; a student must first sign a binding contract regarding service and possible refund before being definitively selected.
(1) Obligation to teach for a Director-determined period; (2) repayment/refund obligation if they refuse to teach without sufficient cause during that period; and (3) discretion to fix refund portion.
The law grants discretion on (1) length of teaching required, (2) amount or portion to be refunded upon refusal without sufficient cause, and (3) formulation of rules on selection, training, and assignment.