This presidential decree establishes the National Board for Teachers and outlines policies for the professionalization of teaching in the Philippines. The decree creates the National Board for Teachers, led by the Secretary of Education, to oversee teacher qualification requirements including a certification exam. It defines key terms, establishes examiner qualifications and administration, and sets exam passing scores. The decree prohibits teaching without certification and establishes penalties for doing so. Its goal is to ensure teacher education is of the highest quality and oriented towards Philippine needs.

1. PRESIDENTIAL DECREE
NO. 1006
BY JEONALYN S. CASTRO

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SECTION 1. TITLE
 This Decree shall be known as the
Decree Professionalizing Teaching.
PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NO. 1006

3. SECTION 2. DECLARATION OF POLICY
 Teacher education shall be given
primary concern & attention by the
government and shall be on the highest
quality, and strongly oriented to Philippine
conditions & to the needs and aspirations
of the Filipino people.

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o Teaching - refers to the profession
primarily concerned with the classroom
instruction.
o Teacher - refers to all persons engaged in
teaching.
o Board - refers to the National Board for
Teachers duly constituted under this
Decree.
SECTION 3. DEFINITION OF TERMS

5. SECTION 4. NATIONAL BOARD
FOR TEACHERS
•Secretary of Education
•Chairman, Civil Service Regulations
•Commissioner, PRC
•Two (2) Members from the private sector

6. SECTION 5. POWER AND DUTIES
A. Appoint a set of examiners
B. Determine and fix the places and dates of examination
C. Look from time to time into the conditions affecting the
practice of the teaching profession
D. Professional Teachers Certificate
E. Appoint Employees
F. Fees Management
G. Rules and Regulations

7. SECTION 6. QUALIFICATION
REQUIREMENTS
A. Must be a citizen of the Philippines
B. Have a good moral character
C. Free from physical and/or mental
defects
D.Possesses minimum educational
qualifications
BEED OR BSED
18 units in Professional Education
for Non-Education Graduates

8. SECTION 7. APPOINTMENT OF
EXAMINER
• The Board shall appoint a set of
examiners for every examination who are
recognized authority in teacher education.

9. SECTION 8. SCOPE OF THE
EXAMINATION
 Examination shall consist of written test, the
scope of which shall be determined by the
Board, taking into consideration the teaching
plan of the schools legally constituted in the
Philippines.

10. SECTION 9. RATINGS IN THE
EXAMINATION
 A student must have obtained a general
average of at least 70% in all subjects
with no rating below 50% in any subject.

11. SECTION 10. REPORT OF THE
RESULTS OF THE EXAMINATION
 Examiners shall protect the ratings obtained
by each candidate to the Board within 150
days after the last day of the examination,
unless extended by the Board.

12. SECTION 11. ISSUANCE OF
CERTIFICATE
 Teachers who have passed examinations given
by the PRC or jointly with the Department of
Education and Culture shall be considered as
having passed the Board examination for teachers
and payment of the corresponding fees.

13. SECTION 12. REGISTRATION
• Registration shall evidence that the registrant is entitled to all the
rights and privileges of a Professional Teacher until and unless the
certificate is suspended or canceled by the Board for just cause.
• The Board may, for reason of equity & 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 or lost.
SECTION 13. REISSUANCE &
REPLACEMENT OF LOST CERTIFICATE

14. SECTION 15. PROHIBITION
• No person shall engage in teaching and/or act as a teacher,
unless he is holder of a Professional Teacher Certificate or is
considered a Professional Teacher under this Decree.
• Any person shall practice teaching without
certificate shall be penalized
SECTION 16. PENAL PROVISION

15. SECTION 17. REPEALING
CLAUSE
• All Acts, Decrees, Executive Orders, Administrative
Orders, rules and regulations or parts thereof inconsistent
with the provisions of this Decree are hereby repealed or
modified accordingly.
• In case any provision of this Decree or any portion
thereof is declared unconstitutional by a competent
court, other provisions shall not be affected thereby.
SECTION 18. SEPARABILITY
CLAUSE

16. SECTION 19. AFFECTIVITY
This Decree shall
take effect on
January 1, 1977
Thank you!!!