P.D 1006, RA7836

1. Basic Laws on the
Professionalization of
Teaching

2. DISCUSSANTS:
Evangelista, JasminT.
Forte, Jessica T.
Galvan, Jeliane
Escalicas, Maricel

3. Basic Laws on the Professionalization of Teaching
In recognition of the vital role of a teachers in nation building and as an incentives to raise the
morale of the teachers, it is imperative that they be considered as professionals and teaching be
recognized as a profession.
On January 1, 1977 President decree 1006, entitled Providing for the Professionalization of
Teachers, Regulating their Practice in the Philippines, otherwise known as the Decree
Professionalizing Teaching was proclaimed. With this presidential proclamation, teaching
became professionalized in the Philippines. The proclamation of PD 1006 was premised on the
following:
1.’’the institutions of the country have relied upon … teachers whose direct and
continuing interaction with the young people and the children make then potent
forces for the development of proper attitudes among the citizenry.
2.the tremendous growth of the teaching population, comprising in the civil service
sector alone more than 300,000 teachers deployed all over the country;
3. to insure that in the immediately and urgency of teacher recruitment,
qualitative requirements are not overlooked, it has become necessary to regulate
the teaching profession;
4. teaching requires a number of years of collegiate study, it is the only curse that
is not yet considered a profession and
5. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in nation- building and as an
incentive to raise the morale of teachers, it is imperative
that they be considered as profession’’ ( PD 1006).

4. The Policy goals should be to ensure that
all children have access to skillful
teachers to make the teaching profession
more attractive to talented young adults,
and to produce humane intellectually lively
learning communities for both students
and teachers- Linda Darling- Hammond

5. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No. 1006 January 1, 1977
PROVIDING FOR THE PROFESSIONALIZATION OF
TEACHERS, REGULATING THEIR PRACTICE IN THE
PHILIPPINES AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

6. The Congressional Commission to Review and Assess
Philippine Education (EDCOM) came out with finding that
"the quality of Philippine Education is declining" and that
teachers are "at the heart of the problem". EDCOM discussed
further that:
• teachers are poorly trained.
• there is low quality of students enrolled in teacher training.

8. Article 11, of R.A. No. 7836

9. .

11. Historical Perspective of the Philippine
Educational System

13. Education in the
Revolutionary Government

14. Education during the American Regime

15. Education during the Japanese Era
• Taught Tagalog, Philippine History and Character Education.
• Love for work and dignity of labour was emphasized.
• 1994, Commission oh Higher Education (CHED) and the Technical
Education and skills Development Authority(TESDA) were established to
supervise tertiary degrees, programs and non-degree technical-vocational
programs.
• CHED is responsible for Higher Education In 2001 Republic Act 9155 or
Government of Basic Education Act was passed transforming DECS to
DepEd.
• The main goal is to provide the school age population and young adults
with skills, knowledge, and values to become caring, self reliant, productive
and patriotic citizens.

16. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE No.1006
Providing for the professionalization of
teachers, regulating their practice in the
philippines and for other purposes.

17. WHERE AS, the Constitution provides that
• “all educational institutions shall be under the supervision of,
and subject to regulation by, the state”,
and requires that
• “the State shall establish and maintain a complete, adequate
and integrated system of education relevant to the goal of
national development”.

18. WHERE AS,
• In the pursuit of these objectives, the
Department of Education and Culture has
adopted ways and means of overseeing all the
educational institutions in the country.

19. WHERE AS,
• this supervisory function of the DEC has been
primarily beamed towards insuring that the
educational institutions inculcate in the
studentry, love of the country, teach the duties
of citizenship, and develop moral character,
personal discipline, and scientific technological
and vocational efficiency.

20. WHERE AS,
• To implement these objectives, the institutions have replied
upon their teachers whose direct and continuing interaction
with the young people and the children make them potent
forces of the development of proper attitudes among the
citizenry.
WHERE AS,
• This accounts for the tremendous growth of the teaching
population, comprising in the civil service sector alone- more
than 300,000 teachers deployed all over the country.

21. WHERE AS,
• To insure that in the immediacy and urgency of the teacher
recruitment qualitative requirements are not overlooked it has
become necessary to regulate the teaching profession.
WHERE AS,
• In recognition of the vital role of the teachers in nation-
building and as an incentive to raise the morale of teachers, it
is imperative that they be considered as professionals and
teaching be recognized of a profession.

22.  SECTION 1: Title
 SECTION 2: Declaration of policy
 SECTION 3: Definition of terms
 SECTION 4: Creation of the National Board of
Teacher
 SECTION 5: Powers and Duties
 SECTION 6: Qualification requirements for
examination applicants.

28. SECTION 7
APPOINTMENT OF EXAMINERS
The Board shall appoint a set of examiners for every
examination who are organized authority in teacher education
and their names shall not be disclosed until after the release of
results of the examinations.

29. Section 8
Scope of the examination
The examination shall consist of written tests, the scope of
which shall be determined by the Board, taking into
consideration the teaching plan of the school legally constituted
in the Philippines.

30. Section 9
RATINGS OF THE Examination
In order that a candidate may be deemed to have successfully passed the
examinations, he must have obtained a general average of at least 70
percent in all subjects with no rating below 50 percent in any subject.

31. Section 10
Report of the results of examination
The examiners shall report the ratings obtained by each
candidate to the Board within 150 days after the last day of the
examination, unless extended by the latter.

32. Section 11
Issuance of certificate
Teachers who have passed examinations given by the Civil
Service Commission and the Department of Education and
Culture shall be considered as having passed the board
examination for teachers.

33. Section 12
Registration
The Civil Service Commission shall, as an arm of the Board,
register holders of Professional Teachers Certificate which
registration shall evidence that the Registrant is entitled to all
rights and privileges of a professional Teacher until and unless
the certificate is suspended or cancelled by the Board for a just
cause.

34. Section 13
Reissuance of revoked certificate and replacement of lost certificate
The Board may, for reason of equity and justice, and upon
proper application therefore, issue another copy, original or
duplicate, upon payment of the required fee, of a certificate,
which has been revoked.

35. Section 14
Registration of reciprocity
The Civil Service Commission shall, upon approval of the
Board, effect the registration, without examination of a teacher
validly registered under the law of any foreign state or country;
Provided.

36. Section 15
Prohibition
Three years after the effectivity of this Decree, no person shall
engage in teaching and/or act as defined in the Decree, whether
in the public or private elementary or secondary school, unless
he is holder of a Professional Teacher Certificate or is
considered a Professional Teacher under this Decree.

37. Section 16
Penal provision
Any person who shall practice teaching without a valid Professional
Teacher Certificate, or any person representing as his her own the
certificate of another, or any person representing as his own the
certificate of another, or any person giving any false or forged
evidence on order to obtain for Professional Teacher Certificate or
admission, or any person assuming himself a registered professional
teachers or any person violating any provision of this Decree shall,
be penalized by a fine or not less than One Thousand Pesos nor
more than Five Thousand Pesos with subsidiary imprisonment or to
suffer an imprisonment of not less than six months nor more two
years, or both such fine and imprisonment at the discretion of the
Court.

38. section 17
Repealing clause
All Acts, Decree, Executive Orders, Administrative Orders,
rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent with the
provisions of this Decree and hereby repealed or modified
accordingly.

39. Section 18
Separability clause
In case any provision of this Decree or any portion thereof is
declared unconstitutional by a competent court, other provision
shall not be affected nearby.

40. Section 19
Effectivity
This Decree shall take effect January 1, 1997.Done in the City
of Manila, this 22nd day of September in the year of Our Lord,
nineteen hundred and seventy six.

41. PhilippineTeachers Professionalization Act of 1994

42. AN ACTTO STRENGTHENTHE REGULATION AND
SUPERVISION OFTHE PRACTICE OFTEACHING INTHE
PHILIPPINES AND PRESCRIBING A LICENSURE
EXAMINATION FORTEACHERS AND FOR OTHER
PURPOSES.

43. ARTICLE I

44. SECTION 1. ShortTitle. —This Act shall be known as the
"PhilippineTeachers Professionalization Act of 1994.“
Sec. 2. Statement of Policy. —The State recognizes the vital
role of teachers in nation-building and development through a
responsible and literate citizenry.

45. Sec. 3. Objectives. —This Act has the herein objectives:
 (a)The promotion, development and professionalization of
teachers and the teaching profession; and
 (b)The supervision and regularization of the licensure
examination.

46. Sec. 4. Definition ofTerms. — For purposes of this
Act, the following terms shall mean:
(a) "Teaching" — refers to the profession concerned
primarily with classroom instruction, at the
elementary and secondary levels in accordance
with the curriculum prescribed by the Department
of Education, Culture and Sports, whether on
part-time or full-time basis in the private or public
schools.

47. Section 4. Definition ofTerms
(b) "Teachers" — refers to all persons engaged in
teaching at the elementary and secondary levels,
whether on full-time or part-time basis, including
industrial arts or vocational teachers and all other
persons performing supervisory and/or
administrative functions in all schools in the
aforesaid levels and qualified to practice teaching
under this Act.

48. Section 4. Definition ofTerms
(c) "Board" — refers to the
Board for Professional
Teachers duly established and
constituted under this Act.
(d) "Commission" — refers to
the Professional Regulation
Commission.

49. ARTICLE II
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BOARD FOR PROFESSIONALTEACHERS

50. Sec. 5 Creation and Composition of the
Board
The Board is composed of five (5)
members including the Chairman and
theVice-Chairman appointed by the
President of the Philippines from among
the recommendees chosen by the
Commission.

51. Sec. 6 Duties and Function of the
Board
The two most important duties of the
Board:
 Prescribe and/or adopt a code of
ethical and professional standards for
the practice of the teaching
profession.
 Look into the conditions affecting the
practice of the teaching profession
and whenever necessary, adopt such
measures as may be deemed proper
for the enhancement and
maintenance of high professional and
ethical standards of the profession;

52. Sec. 7. Term of Office. — The members of the Board shall hold office for a term of
three (3) years from the date they assume office. No person who has served for
two (2) consecutive terms shall be eligible for reappointment. The chairman or
any member shall take his oath of office prior to the performance of his duties.

53. Sec. 8. Qualification of Board Members. — Each Board member must
at the time of his appointment:
 (a) Be a citizen and resident of the Philippines;
 (b) Be at least thirty-five (35) years of age, of proven integrity, and
possessed of high moral values;
 (c) Be a holder of the degree of Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of
Science in Education and preferably a holder of a master's or
doctorate degree in education, or their equivalents;

54.  (d) Be a professional teacher with a
valid certificate of registration and
valid professional license;
 (e) Has been a professional teacher in
the active practice of the teaching
profession for at least ten (10) years in
the elementary and secondary level;
(f) Not an official or member of
faculty of any university for at least 3
years prior to his appointment nor
connected with a review center.

55. Sec. 9. Compensation of the Board.
Sec. 10. Supervision of the Board and Custodian of its Records. — The Board shall
be under the supervision and control of the Commission.
Sec. 11. Secretariat and Support Services.
Sec. 12. Removal of a Board Member.

57. What is Republic act 9293?
 “An act amending
certain sections of RA
7836 otherwise known
as the “Philippine
Teachers
Professionalization Act
of1994”

58. Section 1. Section 15;(e) (3) of Republic Act No. 7836 is
hereby amended as follows;
Section 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:

59. (e) “A graduate of a school,
college or university
recognized by the
government and possesses
the minimum educational
qualifications as follows:

60. 1. For teachers in preschool, a
bachelor’s degree in early
childhood education (BECED)
or its equivalent;

61. 2. For teachers in the
elementary grades,a
bachelor’s degree in
elementary education
(BECED) or its equivalent;

62. 3. For teachers in the secondary
grades, bachelor’s degree in
education or its equivalent with
a major or minor, or a
bachelor’s degree in arts and
sciences with at least 18 units
in professional education; and

63. 4. For teachers of vocational
and 2-year technical courses a
bachelor’ degree in the field of
specialization or its equivalent,
with at least 18 units in
professional education.

64. Section 2. Section 26 of the same act is hereby recommended to
read as follows:
Section 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 a person is duly
registered professional teacher, and a holder of valid
special or temporary permit.

65. 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 DECS; or
(b) A registered professional teacher with the National Board for Teachers
under the DECS pursuant to P.D. No. 0016.

66. Professional teachers who have not practiced their profession for the
past 5 years shall take at least units of pedagogy and 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.

67.  Those who have failed the
licensure examination for the
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 non-extendible
period of 2 years.

68. The para-teachers shall be assigned to areas
where there is a shortage or absence of a
professional teacher, as identified or provided
by the Department of Education and the
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.

69. 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.

70. Section 3.
Section 31 of the same Act is hereby amended
to read as follows:
Section 31. Transitory Provision.--- Special
Permits, with a validity of 3 and 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
permit with a validity of 3 years may be
renewed upon expiration for a non-extendible
period of 2 years.

71. Section 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.

72. Section 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.

73. Section 6.
Repealing Clause.—All laws, decrees , circulars,
administrative orders, rules and regulations and other
issuances which are inconsistent with the provision of this Act
are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

74. Section 7.
Effectivity.– This Act shall take effect upon approval.
Approved,
(Sgd.) JOSE DE VENECIA, JR.
Speaker of the House
of Representative
(Sgd.)FRANKLIN M. DRILON
President of the Senate

75. This Act which is a consolidation of the Senate Bill No.
2698 and House Bill No. 5411 was finally passed by the Senate
and the House of Representative 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:
(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO
President of the Philippines

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