AN ACT ABOLISHING THE NATIONAL COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (NCEE ), REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX
Year:
1994
Category:
Other
Date Approved:
June 2, 1994
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This Act abolishes the National College Entrance Examination (NCEE) and repeals Presidential Decree No. 146, which required high school graduates to pass a national entrance examination for admission to post-secondary programs. It ensures that no student can be denied enrollment based on their performance in the abolished examination.Full Text
Republic of the Philippines
Congress of te Philippines
Second Regular Session
[ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7731, June 02, 1994 ]
AN ACT ABOLISHING THE NATIONAL COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION (NCEE ), REPEALING FOR THE PURPOSE PRESIDENTIAL DECREE NUMBERED ONE HUNDRED FORTY-SIX
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled ;
Section 1. Presidential Decree Numbered One Hundred Forty -Six (P.D. No. 146) entitled, "Upgrading the Quality of Education in the Philippines by Requiring All High School Graduates Seeking Admission to Post Secondary Degree Programs Necessitating a Minimum of Four Years Study To Pass a National Entrance Examination and Appropriating Funds Therefor," is hereby repealed .
Section 2. Those who failed the examinations, as required under P.D. No. 146, and failed to make the grade for admissions shall no longer be denied or refused enrollment by any school, college or university to any post-secondary program necessitating a minimum of four (4) years as prescribed under the said Decree subject to the admission requirements of the institutions concerned.
Section 3. No national entrance examination shall be required for admission to post-secondary degree programs.
Section 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval .
Approved, June 2, 1994.
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