Country: Philippines                          
Title:    Enforcement of the Rules and Regulations for the Effective
          Implementation of P.D. No. 1006
Author:            Isidro D.. Carino, DECS Secretary,; Ferdinand E. .
        Marcos, President of the Philippines,; Jacobo C. Clave,
        Presidential Executive Assistant.  
Institution:       DECS
Citations:         DECS ORDER No. 38, s. 1990.  
Descriptors:       Teacher certification.  
Full text: (Inclosure No. 1 to DECS Order No. 38, s. 1990)

         NBT POLICIES GOVERNING REGISTRATION OF TEACHERS AS
  PROFESSIONAL TEACHERS

         For purposes of uniform action and information on matters
  relative to the registration of teachers pursuant to Presidential
  Decree No. 1006, the following policies, rules and regulations
  adopted by the National Board for Teachers are hereby classified
  and reiterated;

         SECTION 1.   All examinees who have passed any of the
  Professional Board Examination for Teachers given by the National
  Board for Teachers since the effectivity of Presidential Decree No.
  1006 on January 1, 1977 should  register with the National Board
  for Teachers, which registration shall evidence that they are
  entitled to all the rights and privileges of a Professional Teacher
  as provided under the Decree.

         SECTION 2.   Those who are holders of any of the following
  civil service eligibilities are considered to have passed the board
  examination for teachers and are qualified to register as
  Professional Teachers under the exempt category:

       2.1  Senior Teacher
  (Regular/promotion/Qualifying/Agriculture/Arts & Trades/Industrial
  Arts/etc.);

       2.2  Teacher (Elementary/Secondary/Qualifying/Unassembled);

       2.3  Teacher;

       2.4  Junior Teacher (Regular/Promotion/Qualifying/Arts &
  Trades/Industrial Arts/etc.), Provided that they meet the
  educational requirements for the position of teacher, or are
  holding permanent appointment as teachers; and

       2.5  Vocational Teacher (1966).

         SECTION 3.   The following categories of teachers are
  likewise qualified to register as Professional Teachers under the
  exempt category provided they have met the specified requirements
  as of the date of filing applications for registration:

       3.1  These who have been extended permanent appointment
  pursuant to the provisions of R.A. 4670 (Magna Carta for Public
  School Teachers);

       3.2  Those who have rendered at least ten (10) years of
  efficient and satisfactory service as kindergarten, elementary or
  secondary teachers in public and/or private schools provided they
  are holders of any of the degrees specified in Section 6 (d) of
  P.D. 1006 and provided further that the cumulative system shall be
  used in determining the length of service;

            "Cumulative System" means the system of determining the
  total number of years of service of a teacher by adding all his
  teaching services, regardless of the schools in which the teacher
  has taught, including those rendered under a substitute,
  provisional, and permanent status and/or on part-time or full-time
  basis in the public or private kindergarten, elementary or
  secondary schools, and regardless or whether the service is
  continous or not.

       3.3  Those who have rendered at least fifteen (15) years of
  teaching service provided that the cumulative system shall be
  observed in determining the period and provided further that they
  are:

          3.3.1  Holders of Elementary Teacher Certificate; or

          3.3.2  Graduates of the Junior Normal Course; or

          3.3.3  Graduates of the Three-Year Combined Curriculum
  (ETC-ME); or

          3.3.4  Graduates of the Two-Year Technical Curriculum of
  School of Arts and Trades with 21 units of professional courses in
  Education; or

          3.3.5  Holders of Associate in Agricultural Education
  Certificates with 18 units of professional education subjects.

         SECTION 4.  Teachers validly registered under the laws of
  any foreign state or country; Provided, that the requirements for
  registration in said foreign state or country are substantially the
  same as those required and contemplated by this Decree, and the
  laws of such foreign state or country allow citizens of the
  Philippines to practice the profession on the same basis and grant
  the same privileges as the citizens or subject of such foreign
  state or country; Provided further, that this privilege shall not
  accrue if the teacher registrant under the laws of any country
  shall be appointed to a position other than in the teaching
  service; Provided finally, that the applicant shall submit
  competent and conclusive documentary evidence, confirmed by the
  Department of Foreign Affairs, showing that this country's existing
  laws permit citizens of the Philippines to practice teaching
  profession under the rules and regulations governing citizens
  thereof.

         SECTION 5.  Teachers specified under Section 3 hereof who
  are not actually teaching at the time they file their applications
  are likewise qualified  for registration.

         SECTION 6.  Registration shall be on a continuing basis
  without any deadline for the filling of applicants.

         SECTION 7.  In cases where the Guro Certificates are not
  immediately available, the National Board for Teachers through the
  Civil Service Commission shall issue CERTIFICATION to those who
  have been registered as Professional Teachers, which Certification
  shall be used as the basis for all personnel actions and for other
  purposes.

         SECTION 8.  All existing NBT resolutions, memoranda and
  decisions inconsistent hereof are amended or superseded
  accordingly.