Social And Cultural

Development
(National Integration
Policy under the
Philippine Constitutions)
By: wendy D. Taborite
 What is National
Integration and
What is Constitution?.
  National Integration is the feeling of
togetherness or oneness towards one’s own
country irrespective of their individual
differences with regard to religion, region, race,
culture or caste.
National integration isn't only about national
spirit. It involves a feeling that brings peoples
from all areas, dialects and beliefs together in a
common endeavour. When national integration
occurs, individuals are likely to work together to
build systems that enhance the prosperity of a
nation and its people. Some things that can get in
the way of national integration include religious
or political divides as well as communication
barriers between citizens .
Republic Act No. 1888
( as Amended by R.A
no. 3852) Creating the
Commission on National
Integration)
 Republic Act No. 1888
( approved June 22, 1957)
15 sections
AN ACT TO EFFECTUATE IN A MORE RAPID AND
COMPLETE MANNER THE ECONOMIC, SOCIAL,
MORAL AND POLITICAL AND ADVANCEMENT
OF THE NON-CHRISTIAN FILIPINOS OR
NATIONAL CULTURAL MINORITIES AND TO
RENDER REAL, COMPLETE AND PERMANENT
THE INTEGRATION OF ALL SAID NATIONAL
CULTURAL MINORITIES INTO THE BODY POLITIC,
CREATING THE COMMISSION ON NATIONAL
INTEGRATION CHARGED WITH SAID FUNCTIONS
 Section 1. It is hereby declared to be the
policy of Congress to foster, accelerate and
accomplish by all adequate means and in a
systematic, rapid and complete manner the
moral, material, economic, social and
political advancement of the Non-Christian
Filipinos, hereinafter called National Cultural
Minorities, and to render real, complete and
permanent the integration of all the said
National Cultural Minorities into the body
politic.
Article II (Declaration Of Principles and
State Policies)
"Section 17. The State shall give priority to
education, science and technology, arts,
culture, and sports to foster patriotism and
nationalism, accelerate social progress,
and promote total human liberation and
development."
Article XIV (Education Science and
Technology, Arts, Culture and Sport)
"Section 14. The State shall foster the
preservation, enrichment, and dynamic
evolution of a Filipino national culture
based on the principle of unity in diversity
in a climate of free artistic and
intellectual expression."
 Section 15. Arts and letters shall
enjoy the patronage of the State. The
State shall conserve, promote, and
popularize the nation’s historical and
cultural heritage and resources, as
well as artistic creations."
Section 16. All the country’s
artistic and historic wealth
constitutes the cultural treasure of
the nation and shall be under the
protection of the State which may
regulate its disposition."
 Section 17. The State shall recognize,
respect, and protect the rights of
indigenous cultural communities to
preserve and develop their cultures,
traditions, and institutions. It shall
consider these rights in the
formulation of national plans and
policies."
 REPUBLIC ACT NO.
10066
(“National Cultural
Heritage Act of 2009".)
 AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE
PROTECTION AND
CONSERVATION OF THE
NATIONAL CULTURAL HERITAGE,
STRENGTHENING THE NATIONAL
COMMISSION FOR CULTURE AND
THE ARTS (NCCA) AND ITS
AFFILIATED CULTURAL AGENCIES,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
ARTICLE I ( POLICIES AND PRINCIPLES )
Section 2. Declaration of Principles and Policies. -
Sections 14, 15, 16 and 17, Article XIV of the 1987
Constitution declare that the State shall foster the
preservation, enrichment and dynamic evolution of
a Filipino culture based on the principle of unity in
diversity in a climate of free artistic and intellectual
expression. The Constitution likewise mandates the
State to conserve, develop, promote and popularize
the nation's historical and cultural heritage and
resources, as well as artistic creations. It further
provides that all the country's artistic and historic
wealth constitutes the cultural treasure of the
nation and shall be under the protection of the
State, which may regulate its disposition.
 In the pursuit of cultural preservation as a strategy for
maintaining Filipino identity, this Act shall pursue the
following objectives:
o(a)Protect, preserve, conserve and promote the nation's
cultural heritage, its property and histories, and the
ethnicity of local communities;
o(b)Establish and strengthen cultural institutions; and
o(c)Protect cultural workers and ensure their professional
development and well-being.
 The State shall likewise endeavor to create a balanced
atmosphere where the historic past coexists in harmony with
modern society. It shall approach the problem of
conservation in an integrated and holistic manner, cutting
across all relevant disciplines and technologies. The State
shall further administer the heritage resources in a spirit of
stewardship for the inspiration and benefit of the present
and future generations.
Republic Act
No. 7356
 I
 In 1992, Republic Act No. 7356, also
known as the “Law Creating the
National Commission for Culture and
the Arts” was enacted, thus,
establishing the National
Commission for Culture and the Arts
(NCCA) which was mandated, among
others, to formulate and implement
policies for the development of
Filipino national culture ...
 AN ACT - PROVIDING FOR THE
PROTECTION AND CONSERVATION
OF THE NATIONAL CULTURAL
HERITAGE, STRENGTHENING THE
NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR
CULTURE AND THE ARTS (NCCA)
AND ITS AFFILIATED CULTURAL
AGENCIES, AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES