Supervision of Motor Vehicle Driving Schools

Executive Order No. 248 declares an urgent need to control and supervise motor vehicle driving schools to raise the standard of instruction.
Executive Order No. 248 aims to develop safety consciousness and positive driving attitudes.
Executive Order No. 248 links supervision to minimizing the incidence of traffic accidents that cause loss of life and property damage.
Executive Order No. 248 treats these goals as the objectives for which driving schools are established.

Executive Order No. 248 empowers the Land Transportation Commission to exercise control and supervision over the operations of motor vehicle driving schools.
The Land Transportation Commission must promulgate rules and regulations to guide motor vehicle driving schools.
The Land Transportation Commission acts through its regulatory review of driving schools’ readiness and facilities for instruction and training.

The Land Transportation Commission must receive all applications of motor vehicle driving schools.
The Land Transportation Commission must pass upon all applications of such schools.
The Land Transportation Commission must ascertain whether the school’s course of study, buildings, classrooms, training aids, equipment, and other facilities conform with the minimum standards required by the Commission’s rules and regulations.
The Commission’s review is tied to attaining the objectives for which motor vehicle driving schools are established.

The minimum standards are the standards required in the rules and regulations promulgated by the Land Transportation Commission.
The Commission’s standards cover the course of study, physical facilities (buildings and classrooms), training aids, equipment, and other facilities.
Compliance with the Commission’s minimum standards is the basis for proper assessment of a driving school’s instructional readiness.