1) The document summarizes Republic Act No. 6655, also known as the Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988, which mandates that public secondary education in the Philippines be free of tuition and other school fees. 2) It establishes the policy of providing free public secondary education to all qualified citizens and promoting quality education at all levels. 3) The Act took effect in 1988 and requires the Department of Education to formulate secondary education curricula that include vocational and technical courses to provide students with skills for employment.