Neutral Desks Requirement in Schools

Section 2 recognizes the vital role of the youth in nation-building and mandates the State to promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual, and social well-being.
Section 2 declares State policy to promote equal development of students, including students who are left-handed.
Section 2 directs the State to require educational institutions to provide appropriate armchairs to address the needs of the left-handed student population.

Section 3 makes it obligatory for all educational institutions, both public and private, that make use of armchairs in the classroom to provide neutral desks to all students.
Section 3 requires neutral desks for all students, including right-handed and left-handed students.
Section 3 applies to classroom use of armchairs and imposes the neutral desks requirement in classrooms where armchairs are used.

Section 3 defines neutral desks as a table or an armchair that is suitable for both right-handed and left-handed students.

Section 3 requires educational institutions to provide neutral desks equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the student population within one (1) year from the effectivity of the Act.
Section 3 further mandates that thereafter, educational institutions must provide neutral desks to all students.

Section 4 requires the Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to formulate the rules and regulations within ninety (90) days from the approval of the Act.
Section 4 directs these agencies to include administrative penalties for noncompliance with the Act’s provisions.

Section 4 requires the inclusion of administrative penalties for noncompliance in the implementing rules and regulations to be formulated by the Department of Education, the Commission on Higher Education, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.