[ Act No. 2957, February 19, 1921 ]

AN ACT CREATING A BOARD TO HAVE CHARGE OF THE SELECTION AND APPROVAL OF THE TEXTBOOKS TO BE USED BY THE COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS OF THE GOVERNMENT, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Legislature assembled and by the authority of the same:SECTION 1. A board is hereby  created  which shall be known as the Board on Textbooks and shall have charge of the selection and approval of the textbooks to be used in all colleges and schools of the Government.SEC. 2. This Board shall be composed of the following members:First. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction of the Senate;Second. The Chairman of the Committee on Public Instruction of the House of Representatives;Third. The President of the University of the Philippines;Fourth. The Director of Education, andFifth. A member appointed by the Governor-General.SEC. 3. It shall also be the duty of the Board to investigate the curriculum of the colleges and schools of the Government and make recommendations to the Secretary of Public Instruction.It shall further be the duty of the Board to revise the textbooks on history and civics used in the private colleges and schools recognized by the Government, for adoption in the same by the Secretary of Public Instruction.SEC. 4. The Board on Textbooks created by this Act shall have power to appoint such technical employees as may be necessary to advise it, and, subject to the approval of the Council of State, to fix their compensation.SEC. 5. All acts and legal provisions inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.SEC. 6. This Act shall take effect on its approval.Approved, February 19, 1921.

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