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MALACAÑAN PALACE
MANILA

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES

[ Proclamation No. 1474, August 6, 1975 ]

DECLARING 1976 AS DIAMOND JUBILEE YEAR COMMEMORATING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CONTEMPORARY PHILIPPINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM

WHEREAS, 1976 is the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine educational system under Act No. 74 promulgated by the Philippine Commission on January 21, 1901;

WHEREAS, the Philippine educational system has to a great extent contributed to the growth and development of the country;

WHEREAS, it is desirable to apprise the people of the achievements of the Philippines in education and of the progress she has made through education;

WHEREAS, it would be advantageous to indicate lines of further growth and advancement of the system as an instrument of national development; and

WHEREAS, educators in and out of the government have made representations for the proper observance of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of the Philippine educational system and for setting aside the period from January 1 to December 31, 1976, as the Year of the Celebration;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby proclaim the period from January first to December thirty-first, nineteen hundred and seventy-six, as the “Diamond Jubilee Year to commemorate the establishment of the Philippine Educational System” under Act No. 74 of 1901.

I call upon all government entities and instrumentalities to participate in the celebration and invite private institutions and individuals to join in making the celebration fruitful.

I hereby further declare January 21, 1976, as the Diamond Jubilee Day in commemoration of the date of the enactment of Act No. 74 establishing the Philippine Educational System.1aшphi1

The Education Week being observed in September of every year under Proclamation No. 123 dated April 22, 1949, shall be Celebration made to coincide with the Diamond Jubilee

The following are hereby constituted into a national committee on the diamond anniversary of Philippine educational system charged with the preparation and implementation of a year-long program to make the celebration meaningful:

The Secretary of Education and Culture	Chairman
The Undersecretary of Education and Culture	Vice-Chairman
The Assistant Secretary of Education and Culture	Co-Vice-Chairman
The Director of Public Schools	Member
The Director of Private Schools	“
The Director of Vocational Education	“
The Director, Institute of National Language	“
The Director, National Library	“
The Director, National Museum	“
The Chairman, National Historical Commission	“
The Director, National Media Production Center	“
The Chairman, National Science Development Board	“
The Chairman, UNESCO National Commission of the Philippines	“
The President, Philippine Public Schools Teachers Association	“
The President, Philippine Association of College s and Universities	“
The President, Catholic Education Association of the Philippines	“
The President, Association of Christian Schools and Colleges	“
The President, Philippine Association of Vocational Education Superintendents	“
The President, Fund for Assistance to Private Education	“
The President, University of the Philippines	“
The President, Philippine Normal College	“
The President, Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges	“

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, 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, this 6th day of August in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and seventy-five.

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

By the President:

(Sgd.) ALEJANDRO MELCHOR
Executive Secretary

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