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Republic Act No. 844: Maritime schools required to have training ship

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Title Supreme Court: Maritime schools required to have training ship

Law: Republic Act No. 844

Decision Date: May 7, 1953

Republic Act No. 844 mandates nautical or maritime schools in the Philippines to have training ships, providing students with hands-on experience and practical training, with non-compliance leading to the cancellation of government recognition for the school.

nautical schools

maritime schools

Core requirement for nautical and maritime schools

Section 1 requires that all nautical or maritime schools have at least at least one training ship each.
Section 1 prohibits the Government from recognizing any nautical or maritime school unless it has at least one ship for the practical training of its students.
Section 1 makes the presence of a training ship a recognition condition tied to practical student training.

Deadline and consequence for existing schools

Section 1 grants existing nautical or maritime schools already recognized by the Government a period of six months from the date of approval of Republic Act No. 844 to provide themselves with a training ship.
Section 1 states that a failure by an existing recognized school to provide a training ship within six months results in the cancellation of its government recognition.

Exemption for practical training arrangements

Section 1 authorizes the Secretary of Education to exempt a nautical or maritime school from the training ship requirement.
Section 1 allows exemption when the Secretary of Education is satisfied that the school has an arrangement with any shipping enterprise.
Section 1 specifies that the arrangement must enable the school’s students to be given practical training in the ship or ships of the shipping enterprise.

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