Republic

Acts for
Teachers
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6655
Known as the “Free Public Secondary
Education Act of 1988”, it was
approved on May 26, 1988 and provided
for:

a. Free public secondary education to

all qualified citizens and promote
quality education at all level.
b. No tuition or other fees shall be
collected except fees related to
membership in the school community
such I.D., student organization and
publication.
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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6655
c. Non- payment of these shall not
hinder a student from enrollment or
graduation.
d. Nationalization of all public
secondary schools ( Section 7)
e. A student who fails in majority
of his academic subjects for two
consecutive years could no longer
avail of their program.

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Republic Act 10157

Kindergarten Education Act -

Provides the inclusion of the
Kindergarten level into the basic
education program. It is a must
that children must undergo kinder
before entering grade 1.

Compulsory Education For All

Children of School Age

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 7722
Higher Education Act of 1994
An act creating the commission on
higher education, appropriating
funds therefor and for other
purposes

Creating the Commission on Higher

Education (CHED) composed of a
chairperson and four (4)
commissioners.

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BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 232 (THE EDUCATION ACT OF
1982)
This was an act providing for the
establishment and maintenance of an integrated
system of education. In accordance with
Section 2, this act shall apply to and govern
both formal and non- formal system in public
and private schools in all levels of the
entire educational system.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 7796
Technical Education and Skills
Development Act of 1994

The TESDA Law

An act creating the
Technical Education and
Skills Development
Authority, providing for
its powers, structure
and for other purposes

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Republic Act 9155
Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001

An act instituting a framework of governance for

basic education, establishing authority and
accountability, renaming the Department of
Education, Culture and Sports (DECS) as the
Department of Education (DepEd) for other purposes

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 139 (REPEALED BY R.
A. 8047)
Enacted on June 14, 1947, and the Board of Textbooks.

This law provided that all public schools

must only use books that are approved by
the Board for a period of six years from
the date of their adoption.
The private schools may use books of
their choice, provided the Board of
Textbooks has no objections with those
books

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 896
Enacted on June 20, 1953 and known as the Elementary Education Act
of 1953, it repealed Commonwealth Act 586

a. restoration of Grade VII (but never implemented due to lack of

funds)
b. abolition of the double- single session and return to the former
practice of only one
c. class under one teacher in the primary and three teachers to two
classes or five teachers to three classes in the intermediate level
d. compulsory completion of the elementary grades
e. compulsory enrollment of children in the public schools upon
attaining seven years of age.

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Republic Act 5250 (1966)

Provided a ten – year teacher education

program in Special education for the teaching
of the gifted, mentally – retarded and those
with behaviour problems.
Only two schools offered undergraduate in
SPEd: UP COEd and CEU.

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Republic Act 7686

Being paid in OJTs in private industries.

Republic Act 7687

Scholarship programs for careers in science
and technology.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7797
July 1994

An act to lengthen the school calendar from

two hundred (200) days to not more than two
hundred twenty (220) class days.

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 REPUBLIC ACT No. 4670
June 18, 1966

The Magna Carta for Public School Teachers.

An act providing for additional benefits and

privileges to public school teachers amending for
the purpose Republic Act no. 4670,
Otherwise known as “The Magna Carta for Public
School Teachers", and for other purposes

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 REPUBLIC ACT No. 7743
An act providing for the
establishment of
congressional, city and
municipal libraries and
barangay reading centers
throughout the Philippines,
appropriating the necessary
funds therefor and for
other purposes.
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Republic Act No. 5168
Congress of the Philippines August 4, 1967
Public Teacher’s Salary Standardization Act

Republic Act No. 6362 (July 30, 1971)

An Act Providing for the Acceleration of the Adjustment of

Salaries of Public School Teachers and for This Purpose
Amending Republic Act Numbered Fifty-One Hundred Sixty-
Eight, Known as “The Public School Teachers Salary
Standardization Act” and Appropriating Funds Therefor

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 7836

Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act of

1994

An act to strengthen the regulation and

supervision of the practice of teaching in the
Philippines and prescribing a licensure
examination for teachers and for other
purposes.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 6728
“Government Assistance To Students and Teachers
In Private Education Act."

The Act Providing Government

Assistance to Students and Teachers
in Private Education. (Scholarship
Programs)

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 REPUBLIC ACT No. 8545,
February 24, 1998
An act further amending republic act no.
6728 as amended, otherwise known as the
“Expanded Government Assistance to
Students and Teachers in Private
Education Act” to provide for an expanded
voucher in secondary and tertiary
education, appropriating funds therefor
and for other purposes

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1079

Approved on June 15, 1959, it provided that

Civil Service eligibility shall be permanent
and shall have no time limit.

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REPUBLIC ACT No. 7836

“Philippine Teachers Professionalization Act

of 1994”

An act to strengthen the regulation and

supervision of the practice of teaching in the
Philippines and prescribing a licensure
examination for teachers and for other
purposes.

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10533

Pursuant to Section 16 of Republic Act No. 10533, entitled

“An Act Enhancing the Philippine Basic Education System by
Strengthening Its Curriculum and Increasing the Number of
Years for Basic Education, Appropriating Funds Therefor and
for Other Purposes,” otherwise known as the “Enhanced Basic
Education Act of 2013,” approved on May 15, 2013, and which
took effect on June 8, 2013, the Department of Education
(DepEd), the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), and the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA),

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 REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10650
“Open Distance Learning Act”

An act expanding access to educational services by

institutionalizing open distance learning in
levels of tertiary education and appropriating
funds therefor

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1265 (AMENDED BY R. A. 8491)

This law was approved on June 11, 1955, and

provided that a daily flag ceremony shall be
compulsory in all educational institutions. This
includes the singing of the Philippine National
Anthem.

-the Law on the Observance of Flag Ceremony

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10743

An act declaring the fifth day of October of

every year as the National Teachers’ Day

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Republic Act No. 6972
"Barangay-Level Total Development and Protection
of Children Act."

An act establishing a day care center in every

barangay, instituting therein a total development
and protection of children program, appropriating
funds therefor, and for other purposes

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REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912, July 21, 2016
“Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016”.
An act mandating and strengthening the continuing
professional development program for all regulated
professions, creating the continuing professional
development council, and appropriating funds therefor, and
for other related purposes

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 “Ignorance to the law
excuses no one from compliance
therewith”

Thank You!

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