Conversion of Caromatan Agricultural School in Caromatan, Lanao del Norte into Lanao del Norte Agricultural College

June 21, 1969

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5507

AN ACT CONVERTING CAROMATAN AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAROMATAN, PROVINCE OF LANAO DEL NORTE INTO A COLLEGE TO BE KNOWN AS LANAO DEL NORTE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. Caromatan Agricultural School located in the Municipality of Caromatan, Province of Lanao del Norte, is hereby converted into a college to be known as Lanao del Norte Agricultural College.

SECTION 2. Lanao del Norte Agricultural College shall offer, in addition to the secondary agricultural curriculum, the following collegiate courses: aisa dc

(a) Four-year technical agricultural leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agriculture

(b) Four-year teacher education leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Education

(c) Two-year technical agriculture leading to the title of Associate in Agriculture

SECTION 3. Lanao del Norte Agricultural College shall be headed by a Superintendent of Agricultural Instruction and shall be under the Bureau of Vocational Education. The Superintendent shall have direct administration and supervision over all the other agricultural schools in the province under the Bureau of Vocational Education.

SECTION 4. The Secretary of Education is hereby empowered to reorganize said school accordingly.

SECTION 5. Three hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the operation and maintenance of said college, in addition to the present of the said school. Thereafter, the necessary sum for the operation and maintenance of said college shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. aisa dc

SECTION 6. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Approved: June 21, 1969

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 65, No. 44, p. 11979 on November 3, 1969