Curriculum and Administration
- The Director of Vocational Education, with approval from the Secretary of Education, will organize the curricular instruction.
- Curriculum includes secondary home industries and opportunity classes focusing on indigenous raw materials from Aklan.
- Emphasis on fabricating well-designed, standardized handcrafted articles.
- The school’s principal functions include training out-of-school youths and adults in skills, production, marketing, and cooperative education.
- Responsibilities extend to research in processing, strengthening, utilization of indigenous materials, industrial designing, standardization, and packaging.
- Students may earn through commercial production to partly cover educational expenses.
Acceptance of Contributions
- The school is authorized to accept endowments, donations, or contributions.
- Sources may include provincial and municipal governments, civic-minded citizens, agencies, and other entities.
- Contributions are intended for the improvement and expansion of the school’s services.
Funding and Appropriations
- An initial appropriation of three hundred thousand pesos is authorized from the National Treasury.
- Funds cover establishment, operation, maintenance, site acquisition, and construction of buildings.
- A portion of operational funds must be allocated for extension training in various localities within the province.
- Subsequent funding for operations and facility improvements to be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Effectivity
- The Act takes effect immediately upon approval.
- Approved on June 19, 1965.