QuestionsQuestions (CDA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 92-003)
RA 844 requires all nautical or maritime schools to have at least one training ship each.
No nautical or maritime school shall be recognized by the Government unless it has at least one ship for the practical training of its students.
Existing government-recognized nautical or maritime schools must provide themselves with a training ship within six (6) months from the date of approval of the Act.
Failure to provide a training ship within six months results in the cancellation of the school’s government recognition.
The Secretary of Education is authorized to exempt any nautical or maritime school from the requirement.
The Secretary of Education must be satisfied that the school has an arrangement with any shipping enterprise whereby its students may be given practical training on the ships of such shipping enterprise.
Yes. RA 844 allows an exemption if there is an arrangement with a shipping enterprise for students’ practical training on that enterprise’s ships.
It specifically requires practical training through the ship (training ship) and/or through ships provided under the approved arrangement with a shipping enterprise.
RA 844 speaks to having at least one training ship for recognition and compliance; for existing schools it imposes a compliance deadline, but the statutory condition for recognition implies continued compliance to remain recognized.
It mandates practical training via at least one training ship as a condition for government recognition, emphasizing hands-on competence.
They cannot be recognized unless they already have at least one ship for practical training of their students.
RA 844 takes effect upon its approval.
Existing recognized schools are given a six-month period to comply; new schools face immediate recognition restriction unless they already have a training ship.
The Secretary of Education is mentioned—authorized to exempt schools under certain conditions.
It must show an arrangement with a shipping enterprise where its students will be given practical training in the ships of that shipping enterprise.