Establishment of School of Fisheries in San Joaquin, Iloilo

June 19, 1971

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6319

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A SCHOOL OF FISHERIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF SAN JOAQUIN, PROVINCE OF ILOILO, TO BE KNOWN AS SAN JOAQUIN SCHOOL OF FISHERIES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. There shall be established, under the direct supervision of the Director of Public Schools, a school of fisheries in the Municipality of San Joaquin, Province of Iloilo, to be known as the San Joaquin School of Fisheries: Provided, however, That only a general education curriculum with practical arts shall be offered in the first and second years, and the vocational curriculum shall be offered in the third and fourth years: Provided, further, That the school shall offer short vocational courses for training in vocations needed in the locality which shall be open to elementary school graduates: Provided, finally, That the school shall open, as soon as possible, two-year post secondary technical courses.

SECTION 2. The sum of one hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the establishment, operation and maintenance of said school during the fiscal year nineteen hundred seventy-one. Thereafter, such sums as may be needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. acd

SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

Enacted without Executive approval on June 19, 1971.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 67, No. 49, p. 9488 on December 6, 1971