Republic Act No. 9293
April 21, 2004
Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines
Metro Manila
Twelfth Congress
Third Regular Session
Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth
day of July, two thousand three.
[REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9293]
AN ACT AMENDING CERTAIN SECS OF REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED
SEVENTYEIGHT HUNDRED AND THIRTY-SIX (R.A. NO. 7836), OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE
“PHILIPPINE TEACHERS PROFESSIONALIZATION ACT OF 1994”
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the Philippines in Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. Section 15, (e) (3) of Republic Act No. 7836 is
hereby amended as follows:
“SEC. 15. Qualification Requirements of Applicants. – No
applicant shall be admitted to take the examination unless, on the date of
filing of the application, he shall have complied with the following
requirements: “(e) A graduate of a school, college or university recognized by
the government and possesses the minimum educational qualifications, as
follows: (1) For teachers in preschool, a bachelor’s degree in early childhood
education (BECED) or its equivalent; (2) For teachers in the elementary grades,
a bachelor’s degree in elementary education (BSEED) or its equivalent; (3) For
teachers in the secondary grades, a bachelor’s degree in education or its
equivalent with a major and minor, or a bachelor degree in arts and sciences
with at least eighteen (18) units in professional education; and (4) For
teachers of vocational and two-year technical courses, a bachelor’s degree in
the field of specialization or its equivalent, with at least eighteen (18)
units in professional education.”
SEC 2. Section 26 of the same Act is hereby amended to read
as follows: “SEC. 26. Registration and Exception. – No person shall engage in
teaching and/or act as a professional teacher as defined in this Act, whether
in the preschool, elementary or secondary level, unless the person is a duly
registered professional teacher, and a holder of a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professional license or a holder of a valid
special/temporary permit.
Upon approval of the application and payment of the
prescribed fees, the certificate of registration and professional license as a
professional teacher shall be issued without examination as required in this
Act to a qualified applicant, who is:
(a) A holder of a certificate of eligibility as a teacher
issued by the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Education, Culture
and Sports; or
(b) A registered professional teacher with the National
Board for Teachers under the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS)
pursuant to Presidential Decree No. 1006.
Professional teachers who have not practiced their
profession for the past five (5) years shall take at least twelve (12) units of
education courses, consisting of at least six (6) units of pedagogy and six (6)
units of content courses, or the equivalent training and number of hours, to be
chosen from a list of courses to be provided by the Board and the Department of
Education, before they can be allowed to practice their profession in the
country.
Those who have failed the licensure examination for
professional teachers, with a rating of not lower than five percentage points
from the passing general average rating, shall be eligible as para-teachers
upon issuance by the Board of a two-year special permit, renewable for a
nonextendible period of two (2) years. The para-teachers shall be assigned to
areas where there is a shortage or absence of a professional teacher, as
identified and provided by the Department of Education and the Autonomous
Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) education department to the Board for
professional teachers and to the Commission. The special permit shall indicate
the area of assignment of the para-teacher. A special permit may also be issued
by the Board to a person who has excelled and gained international recognition
and is a widely acknowledged expert in his or her respective field of
specialization.”
SEC 3. Section 31 of the same Act is hereby amended to read
as follows:
“SEC. 31. Transitory Provision. – Special permits, with a
validity of three (3) and five (5) years, issued to para-teachers by the Board
for Professional Teachers before the effectivity of this Act shall be allowed
to expire based on the period granted therein: Provided, That only special
permits with a validity of three (3) years may be renewed upon expiration for a
non-extendible period of two (2) years.”
SEC 4. References to the term “Department of Education,
Culture and Sports”, in section 4 (a) and section 25, and the term “DECS” in
section 20, of the same Act, are hereby amended to read as “Department of
Education” and “DepEd”, respectively.
SEC 5. Separability Clause. – If, for any reason, any
section or provision of this Act or the application of such section or
provision to any person or circumstance is declared unconstitutional or
invalid, no other section or provision of this Act shall be affected thereby.
SEC 6. Repealing Clause. – All laws, decrees, circulars,
administrative orders, rules and regulations, and other issuances which are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.
SEC 7. Effectivity. – This Act shall take effect upon
approval.
Approved,
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA JR.
Speaker of the House of Representatives
(Sgd.) FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate
This Act, which is a consolidation of Senate Bill No. 2698
and House Bill No. 5411 was finally passed by the Senate and the House of
Representatives on February 6, 2004 and February 7, 2004, respectively.
(Sgd.) ROBERTO P. NAZARENO
Secretary General House of Representatives
(Sgd.) OSCAR G. YABES
Secretary of the Senate
Approved: APR 21 2004
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines
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