Scope of the examination.

Declaration of Policy R
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The examination shall consist of written tests, the
scope of which shall be determined by the Board, c
taking into consideration the teaching plan of the It is hereby declared a policy that teacher i
schools legally constituted in the Philippines.
education shall be given primary concern p
Ratings in the examination. i
and attention by the government and
In order that a candidate may be deemed to have e
successfully passed the examinations, he must have shall be of the highest quality, and strongly
obtained a general average of at least 70 per cent in all n
subjects, with no rating below 50 per cent in any oriented to Philippine conditions and to t
subject.
the needs and aspirations of the Filipino
Report of the results of examination. N
people even as it seeks enrichment from
The examiners shall report the ratings obtained by a
each candidate to the Board within 150 days after the
last day of the examination, unless extended by the
adoptable ideas and practices of other m
latter.
people. e
Issuance of Certificates.
A
Decree
Teachers who have passed examinations given by the Effectivity. This Decree shall take effect January 1, 1977.
Civil Service Commission or jointly by the Civil d
Service Commission and the Department of Education
d
Professionalizing
and Culture shall be considered as having passed the
board examinations for teachers. The Board may r
consider their certificates of rating as certificates of DONE in the City of Manila, this 22nd day of

Teaching (PD
eligibility or issue an entirely new certificate upon September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred e
registration of the teacher and payment of the
corresponding fees.
and seventy-six. s

Penal Provision. 1006) s

Any person who shall practice the teaching without a

valid Professional Teacher Certificate, or any person C
(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
presenting as his or her own the certificate of another, i
or any person giving any false or forged evidence in President of the Philippines
order to obtain a Professional Teacher Certificate or t
admission to an examination, or any person assuming
himself as a registered professional teacher or any By the President: y
person violating any provision of this Decree shall be (Sgd.) JACOBO C. CLAVE ,
penalized by a fine of not less than One Thousand
Presidential Executive Assistant
Pesos nor more than Five Thousand Pesos with
subsidiary imprisonment or to suffer an imprisonment
of not less than six months nor more than two years, S
or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion T
of the Court.

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 PROVIDING FOR THE
Powers and Duties
PROFESSIONALIZATION OF TEACHERS, The Board shall have the following powers and duties:
REGULATING THEIR PRACTICE IN THE Qualification requirements
PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.
✓ Appoint a set of examiners for every examination who will
determine and prepare the contents of the Board
for examination applicants
examination for teachers, hereinafter referred to as
examination, in the elementary and secondary levels of
instruction, to be held at least once a year;
Creation of the National Board for Teachers
✓ Determine and fix the places and dates of examination,
There is hereby created a National Board for Teachers, appoint supervisors and room examiners from among the
employees of the Government who shall be entitled to a
No applicant shall be admitted to take the examination
hereinafter called the Board, to be composed of the following:
daily allowance to be fixed by the Board for every unless, on the date of filing of the application, he shall
examination day actually attended, use the buildings and have complied with the following requirements:
facilities of public and private schools for examination
purposes, approve applications to take examination, and 1. Except those who have been engaged in teaching as herein defined
approve the release of examination results; for at least five years in schools in the Philippines not organized
exclusively for nationals of a foreign country at the time of the
✓ Look from time to time into the conditions affecting the effectivity of this Decree, the applicant must be a citizen of the
practice of the teaching profession, adopt such measures as Philippines;
may be deemed proper for the enhancement of said
profession, and/or maintenance of the professional 2. That he is of good moral character;
standards and ethics;
3. That he is free from any physical and/or mental defect which will
✓ Issue, suspend, revoke, replace or reissue Professional incapacitate him to render efficient service; and
Teachers Certificate, and administer oaths;
4. That he possesses the following minimum educational qualifications:
✓ Appoint, subject to the provisions of existing laws, such
officials and employees as are necessary in the effective ✓ For teachers in the kindergarten and elementary grades, Bachelor’s
performance of its functions and responsibilities, prescribe degree in Elementary Education (B.S.E.Ed.) or its equivalent;
their duties and fix their compensation;
✓ For teachers of the secondary schools, Bachelor’s degree in
✓ Prescribe and collect examination and other fees as it may Education or its equivalent with a major and minor, or a Bachelor’s
1 Secretary of Education and Culture deem proper; and degree in Arts or Sciences with at least eighteen units in professional
education; and
✓ Promulgate rules and regulations, and exercise such other
Co-
powers, functions and duties as may be necessary to carry ✓ For teachers of secondary vocational and two-year technical courses,
2 Chairman, Civil Service Commission Chairman into effect the purposes of this Decree. Bachelor’s degree in the field of specialization with at least eighteen
units in professional education.

3 Commissioner, Professional Regulations Appointment of examiners

Commission
Member They shall each receive as compensation the sum of not less than P5.00 for
each examinee as may be determined by the Board but in no case shall each
4 Two members representing the private
examiner receive more than P18,000 per examination. Any examiner who
sector to be appointed by the President. is in the service of the Government shall receive the compensation herein
provided in addition to his salary.