Batas Pambansa Blg. 536, enacted on June 24, 1983, converts the Kidapawan Trade School in North Cotabato into the North Cotabato College of Arts and Trades. This new college will offer a four-year agro-industrial secondary education curriculum, two-year technical courses, and four-year degree programs in Industrial Engineering and Industrial Arts, along with short-term courses to meet local workforce needs. The existing funds for the trade school will be allocated to the new college, with future appropriations provided in subsequent General Appropriations Acts. The act will take effect upon its approval.
June 24, 1983
BATAS PAMBANSA BLG. 536
AN ACT CONVERTING THE KIDAPAWAN TRADE SCHOOL IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF KIDAPAWAN, PROVINCE OF NORTH COTABATO, INTO A COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES TO BE KNOWN AS THE NORTH COTABATO COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TRADES
SECTION 1. The Kidapawan Trade School in the Municipality of Kidapawan, Province of North Cotabato, is converted into a college to be known as the North Cotabato College of Arts and Trades. cdt
SECTION 2. The College shall offer four-year agro-industrial secondary education curriculum; post secondary two-year trade technical/technician education courses; four-year college education courses leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering and Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts; and short-term opportunity courses geared to the skilled manpower needs of its service area.
SECTION 3. The existing appropriations for the Kidapawan Trade School are hereby transferred to the North Cotabato College of Arts and Trades, to be disbursed in accordance with the provisions of this Act. Thereafter, the necessary amount required for the operation and maintenance of the College shall be provided for in subsequent General Appropriations Acts, until which time the operation of the institution as a college shall be deferred provided that its new name shall take effect upon approval of this Act. acd
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved: June 24, 1983
Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 80 No. 17 Page 2520 on April 23, 1984.