Bill Type
Congress Name
Long Title
AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS
Date filed
July 27, 2004
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB01652 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE USE OF ENGLISH AS A MEDIUM OF INSTRUCTION IN THE PHILIPPINE SCHOOLS | |
| ABSTRACT : The bill mandates the use of English as a medium of instruction in all curriculum levels and in examinations for admission, accreditation, acceleration and promotion. It allows the inclusion of questions in Filipino provided the questions do not exceed 10% of the total points in the examination. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : GULLAS, EDUARDO R. | |
| DATE FILED : 2004-07-27 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Pingoy (008 ) | 2. Del Mar (016 ) |
| 3. Cuenco (016 ) | 4. Kintanar (016 ) |
| 5. Yapha (016 ) | 6. Martinez (016 ) |
| 7. Durano (016 ) | 8. Soon-ruiz (016 ) |
| 9. Chatto (016 ) | 10. Cajes (016 ) |
| 11. Jala (016 ) | 12. Paras (016 ) |
| 13. Macias (016 ) | 14. Teves (016 ) |
| 15. Fua (016 ) | 16. Miraflores (016 ) |
| 17. Javier (016 ) | 18. Dadivas (016 ) |
| 19. Castro (016 ) | 20. Espinosa (016 ) |
| 21. Garin (016 ) | 22. Syjuco (016 ) |
| 23. Defensor (016 ) | 24. Biron (016 ) |
| 25. Suplico (016 ) | 26. Gonzalez (016 ) |
| 27. Carmona (016 ) | 28. Marañon (016 ) |
| 29. Lacson (016 ) | 30. Arroyo (016 ) |
| 31. Alvarez (016 ) | 32. Puentevella (016 ) |
| 33. Espina (016 ) | 34. Libanan (016 ) |
| 35. Petilla (016 ) | 36. Apostol (016 ) |
| 37. Veloso (016 ) | 38. Codilla (016 ) |
| 39. Cari (016 ) | 40. Abayon (016 ) |
| 41. Vicencio (016 ) | 42. Uy (016 ) |
| 43. Figueroa (016 ) | 44. Mercado (016 ) |
| 45. Jalosjos-carreon (016 ) | 46. Barinaga (016 ) |
| 47. Jalosjos (016 ) | 48. Real (016 ) |
| 49. Cerilles (016 ) | 50. Fabian (016 ) |
| 51. Cabilao (016 ) | 52. Guingona (016 ) |
| 53. Zubiri (016 ) | 54. Romualdo (016 ) |
| 55. Badelles (016 ) | 56. Dimaporo (016 ) |
| 57. Clarete (016 ) | 58. Ramiro (016 ) |
| 59. Lagbas (016 ) | 60. Baculio (016 ) |
| 61. Jaraula (016 ) | 62. Zamora (016 ) |
| 63. Amatong (016 ) | 64. Malanyaon (016 ) |
| 65. Almario (016 ) | 66. Olano (016 ) |
| 67. Floirendo (016 ) | 68. Cagas (016 ) |
| 69. Bautista (016 ) | 70. Nograles (016 ) |
| 71. Garcia (016 ) | 72. Lopez (016 ) |
| 73. Taliño-santos (016 ) | 74. Ipong (016 ) |
| 75. Chiongbian (016 ) | 76. Antonino-custodio (016 ) |
| 77. Mangudadatu (016 ) | 78. Banaag (016 ) |
| 79. Amante (016 ) | 80. Plaza (016 ) |
| 81. Ecleo (016 ) | 82. Barbers (016 ) |
| 83. Pichay (016 ) | 84. Falcon (016 ) |
| 85. Salapuddin (016 ) | 86. Dumarpa (016 ) |
| 87. Macarambon (016 ) | 88. Dilangalen (016 ) |
| 89. Datumanong (016 ) | 90. Amin (016 ) |
| 91. Arbison (016 ) | 92. Abubakar (016 ) |
| 93. Lagman (016 ) | 94. Imperial (016 ) |
| 95. Andaya (016 ) | 96. Villafuerte (016 ) |
| 97. Fuentebella (016 ) | 98. Alfelor (016 ) |
| 99. Santiago (016 ) | 100. Bravo (016 ) |
| 101. Espinosa (016 ) | 102. Seachon-lanete (016 ) |
| 103. Solis (016 ) | 104. Valdez (016 ) |
| 105. Pablo (016 ) | 106. Madamba (016 ) |
| 107. Noel (016 ) | 108. Tomawis (016 ) |
| 109. Ablan (016 ) | 110. Marcos (016 ) |
| 111. Baterina (016 ) | 112. Singson (016 ) |
| 113. Ortega (016 ) | 114. Dumpit (016 ) |
| 115. Celeste (016 ) | 116. Tulagan (016 ) |
| 117. Estrella (016 ) | 118. Enrile (016 ) |
| 119. Vargas (016 ) | 120. Mamba (016 ) |
| 121. Albano (016 ) | 122. Uy (016 ) |
| 123. Dy (016 ) | 124. Miranda (016 ) |
| 125. Agbayani (016 ) | 126. Cua (016 ) |
| 127. Bersamin (016 ) | 128. Bulut (016 ) |
| 129. Dangwa (016 ) | 130. Domogan (016 ) |
| 131. Chungalao (016 ) | 132. Wacnang (016 ) |
| 133. Dominguez (016 ) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON BASIC EDUCATION AND CULTURE ON 2004-08-04 | |
| SECONDARILY REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE(S) ON HIGHER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION |
Abstract
The bill mandates the use of English as a medium of instruction in all curriculum levels and in examinations for admission, accreditation, acceleration and promotion. It allows the inclusion of questions in Filipino provided the questions do not exceed 10% of the total points in the examination.'
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