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REPUBLIC
ACT NO.
9293
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AN ACT AMENDING
CERTAIN SECS OFREPUBLIC ACT NUMBEREDSEVENTY-EIGHT HUNDRED
AND THIRTY-SIX (R.A. NO.7836), OTHERWISE KNOWN
AS THE PHILIPPINE
TEACHERSPROFESSIONALIZATION
ACT OF 1994
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SECTION 1. Section 15,(e) (3) of Republic Act
No. 7836 is hereby
amended as follows:
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SEC. 15
Qualification Requirementsof Applicants. No applicant
shall be admitted to take theexamination unless, on thedate of filing of the
application, he shall havecomplied with the followingrequirements
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(e) A graduate of a school,college or university
recognized by the governmentand possesses the minimumeducational qualifications, as
follows:
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(1) For teachers in preschool, a
bachelors degree in early
childhood education (BECED) or
its equivalent;(2) For teachers in the elementary
grades, a bachelors degree in
elementary education (BSEED) orits equivalent;
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(3) For teachers in the secondary grades,
a bachelors degree in education or itsequivalent with a major and minor, or a
bachelor degree in arts and sciences with
at least eighteen (18) units in professional
education; and
(4) For teachers of vocational and two-year
technical courses, a bachelors degree in
the field of specialization or its equivalent,
with at least eighteen (18) units in
professional education.
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SEC 2. Section26 of the
same Act is
herebyamended to
read asfollows:
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SEC. 26.Registrationand Exception
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No person shall engage in
teaching and/or act as a professionalteacher as defined in this Act, whether
in the preschool, elementary or
secondary level, unless the person isa duly registered professional teacher,
and a holder of a valid certificate of
registration and a valid professionallicense or a holder of a valid
special/temporary permit.
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(a) A holder of a certificate of eligibility
as a teacher issued by the CivilService Commission and the
Department of Education, Culture and
Sports; or(b) A registered professional teacher
with the National Board for Teachers
under the Department of Education,Culture and Sports (DECS) pursuant
to Presidential Decree No. 1006.
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Professional teachers who have not
practiced their profession for the past five(5) years shall take at least twelve (12)
units of education courses, consisting of at
least six (6) units of pedagogy and six (6)units of content courses, or the equivalent
training and number of hours, to be chosen
from a list of courses to be provided by the
Board and the Department of Education,before they can be allowed to practice their
profession in the country.
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Those who have failed the
licensure examination for professional
teachers, with a rating of not lower
than five percentage points from the
passing general average rating, shall
be eligible as para-teachers upon
issuance by the Board of a two-yearspecial permit, renewable for a non-
extendible period of two (2) years.
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SEC 3. Section 31 of
the same Act ishereby amended toread as follows:
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SEC.
31. TransitoryProvision
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Special permits, with a validity of
three (3) and five (5) years, issued to
para-teachers by the Board for
Professional Teachers before the
effectivity of this Act shall be allowedto expire based on the period granted
therein: Provided, That only special
permits with a validity of three (3)years may be renewed upon
expiration for a non-extendible period
of two (2) years.
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