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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1182, September 9, 1973 ]

AUTHORIZING THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHILIPPINES, INC. TO CONDUCT A NATIONAL EDUCATIONAL AND FUND CAMPAIGN FROM 8 SEPTEMBER TO 31 DECEMBER, 1973

WHEREAS, the “Educational Development Decree of 1972 “proclaimed as the policy of the government to ensure, within the context of a free and democratic system maximum contribution of the educational system to the attainment of national development goals;

WHEREAS, literacy and socio-economic growth are closely interrelated;

WHEREAS, our relatively large number of illiterates which alarmingly increases every year is a serious hindrance to national efforts for peace and progress and to observation of human rights;

WHEREAS, functional literacy promotion, integrated with the overall national development plan is the most practical and effective approach for the training and mobilization of our disadvantaged human resources so that they can support intelligently the thrust for national development under the New Society;

WHEREAS, the combined efforts of the government and private agencies to implement this fundamental duty of unfettering our illiterates from ignorance, poverty and fear to give them dignity and equal opportunities and to enable them to participate creatively in nation building can succeed only if the whole nation extends maximum moral and financial support;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby authorize the Foundation for Youth Development in the Philippines, Inc.1aшphi1 to conduct its first national educational and fund campaign during the period from 8 September (International Literacy Day) to 31 December, 1973.

I call upon all government officials, military personnel, public and private school authorities and students, and all citizens and residents of the Philippines, regardless of nationality or creed, to support and give generously of their means to the Foundation for Youth Development in the Philippines, Inc. so as to raise the youths’ productive power and enhance their usefulness as citizens and community members, and thus their contribution to the New Society.

IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed.

Done in the City of Manila, the 9th of September, in the year of our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-three.

(Sgd.) FERDINAND E. MARCOS
President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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