Establishment of the Tublay School of Home Industries in Tublay, Benguet

June 15, 1968

REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5301

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL SCHOOL FOR HOME INDUSTRIES IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF TUBLAY, PROVINCE OF BENGUET, TO BE KNOWN AS THE TUBLAY SCHOOL OF HOME INDUSTRIES, AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREFOR

SECTION 1. There shall be established under the supervision and administration of the Bureau of Vocational Education a school for home industries in the Municipality of Tublay, Province of Benguet, to be known as the Tublay School of Home Industries. cd

SECTION 2. The Secretary of Education is hereby authorized to acquire a site for the establishment of this school by purchase, grant or donation and to issue rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act.

SECTION 3. The Tublay School of Home Industries shall:

a. Offer courses in home and/or cottage industries, particularly those that can avail of and best utilize the supply of raw materials available in the locality and enrollment shall be open to all, including adults;

b. Conduct researches on designing and processing of raw materials that are found in the locality and in the Province of Benguet and engage in producing models of handtools and small equipment and machineries for training and production;

c. Undertake the standardization of craft promotion;

d. Render consultant services in home industries promotion and technology and conduct extension training throughout the Province of Benguet;

e. Offer courses in secondary and technical levels with home industries as the core.

SECTION 4. The Tublay School of Home Industries is hereby authorized to accept endowments, land grants, donations, or contributions from provincial and municipal governments, private citizens, agencies and entities whether government or private for the improvement and expansion of its services.

SECTION 5. The sum of five hundred thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the acquisition of a school site, establishment, operation, maintenance and expansion of said Tublay School of Home Industries during the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-nine which shall include the purchase of a school site and construction of buildings and shops. Thereafter, such sums as may be needed for its operation and maintenance shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.

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

Enacted without Executive approval, June 15, 1968.

Published in the Official Gazette, Vol. 65, No. 23, p. 5833 on June 9, 1969