Legal Basis of Education

MARK CHRISTIAN R. CATAPANG TEACHER-I

ALITAGTAG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Definition of Terms:• Legal – authorized by law • Law- the system of rules, principles &

regulations• Basis-the minimum, fundamental

constituents, foundation, or support of a thing or a system without which the thing or system would cease to exist

Something to ponder:

Legal Basis of Education

• foundation of the Philippine educational system governed by underlying laws and principles to accomplish goals and objectives efficiently and effectively

Activity:• Watch the two video clips and

reflect on the ideas presented in the clips. What messages are

expressed in the given videos?

1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

Provisions of the 1987 PHILIPPINE CONSTITUTION

• “The state shall protect and promote the right of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall take appropriate steps to make such education accessible to all.”

(Article XIV section 1)

Section 2. The State shall:

• Establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education relevant to the needs of the people and society;

Section 2. The State shall:

• Establish and maintain, a system of free public education in the elementary and high school levels;

Section 2. The State shall:

• Establish and maintain a system of scholarship grants, student loan programs, subsidies, and other incentives

VIII Article 194• Right for education comes from national

nature. Every child is entitled to be educated by his family, by the state, by the church.

• Support of children as defined by the 1988 Family Code that includes schooling or training.

BATAS PAMBANSA BILANG 232

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM OF EDUCATION.

"Education Act of 1982."

Sec.  3. Declaration of Basic Policy

• It is the policy of the State to established and maintain a complete, adequate and integrated system of education relevant to the goals of national development.

Sec.  3. Declaration of Basic Policy

• Toward this end, the government shall ensure, within the context of a free and democratic system, maximum contribution of the educational system to the attainment of the following national developmental goals: 

Sec.  3. Declaration of Basic Policy

• 1. To achieve and maintain an accelerating rate of economic development and social progress;

Sec.  3. Declaration of Basic Policy

• 2. To ensure the maximum participation of all the people in the attainment and enjoyment of the benefits of such growth; and

Sec.  3. Declaration of Basic Policy

• To achieve and strengthen national unity and consciousness and preserve, develop and promote desirable cultural, moral and spiritual values in a changing world.

• The State shall promote the right of every individual to relevant quality education, regardless of sex, age, creed, socio-economic status, physical and mental conditions, racial or ethnic origin, political or other affiliation.

• The State shall therefore promote and maintain equality of access to education as well as the enjoyment of the benefits of education by all its citizens.

The act further states:• The state shall promote the right of the

nation's cultural communities in the exercise of their right to develop themselves within the context of their cultures, customs, traditions, interest and belief, and recognizes education as an instrument for their maximum participation in national development and in ensuring their involvement in achieving national unity.

The act further states:

• that educational system shall reach out educationally deprived communities in order to give meaningful reality to their membership in national society, to enhance civic participation in the community and national life, and to unify all Filipinos to a free and just nation.

Aims:

• Provide for a broad general education that will assist each individual in the peculiar ecology of his own society to: attain his potentials as human beings enhance the range and quality of

individual and group participation in the basic functions of society,

Aims:

acquire essential educational foundations of his development into a productive and versatile citizen.

Aims:

• Train the nation’s man power in the middle –level skills required for national development;

• Develop professions that will provide leadership for the nation in the advancement of knowledge for improving the quality of human life,

Aims:

• Respond effectively to the changing need and conditions of the nations through a system educational planning and evaluation.

Rights and Duties of Parents in the Education

of their Children

Rights:

• Rights to organize themselves and/or with teachers for the purpose of providing forum for the discussion of matters relating to the total school program, and for ensuring the full cooperation of parents and teachers in the formulation of efficient implementation of such programs.

Rights:

• Right to access to any official record directly relating to the children who are under their parental responsibility.

Duties:

• Duty to help carry out the educational objectives in accordance with national goals.

• Duty to enable their children to obtain elementary education and shall strive to enable them to obtain secondary and higher education in pursuance of the right formation of youth.

Duties:

• Duty to cooperate with the school in the implementation of the school program.

Rights and Duties of Students

Rights:• Right to receive, primary through

competent instruction, relevant quality education in line with national development goals and conductive to their full development as persons with human dignity.

Rights:• Rights to guidance and

counseling services• Rights of access to his own

school records, the confidentiality of which the school shall maintain and preserve