RA 5250 – An Act Establishing A TenYear Training Program For Teachers Of
Special And Exceptional Children In The
Philippines And Authorizing The
Appropriation Of Funds Thereof.
Republic of the Philippines
Republic Act No. 5250
AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TEN-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF
SPECIAL AND EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AUTHORIZING
THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREOF.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in
Congress assembled:
SECTION 1. There is hereby established, under the administration and supervision of
the Bureau of Public Schools, in cooperation with the University of the Philippines, the
Philippine Normal College, and the School for the Deaf and the Blind, a ten-year
program for the training of special and exceptional children. (As amended by R.A. No.
6067, August 4, 1969).
SECTION 2. The term “special and exceptional children shall― include the
mentally retarded, the crippled, the deaf and hard of hearing, the speech handicapped,
the socially and emotionally disturbed and the gifted.
SECTION 3. The institutions of learning chosen by the Department of Education to carry
out the training of teachers for this program shall grant the necessary credit.
SECTION 4. All expenses to be incurred therefore such as tuition and other fees,
stipends of teacher trainees development and training abroad of members of the faculty
of the cooperating institutions and those of the special education staff of the General
Office, Bureau of Public Schools, and other expenses incident to the implementation of
this Act shall be charged against the funds of the program and shall be disbursed by the
Director of Public Schools: Provided, That the expenses for development and training
abroad shall not exceed ten per centum of the total appropriation provided in Republic
Act Numbered Five thousand two hundred and fifty. (As amended by R.A. No. 6067,
August 4, 1969).
SECTION 5. The program shall as far as practicable, include the setting up of pilot
classes, for special and exceptional children in regular schools with the end in view of
integrating said children into the regular school program and of encouraging
socialization.
The program shall set up projects in such a way that special education shall be
conducted within the facilities of regular schools whenever possible.
The program shall also set up research and survey projects to identify and locate
exceptional children in need of its services.
SECTION 6. A number of scholarships shall be created every year for ten year for
prospective teachers who shall undertake the training courses. The coordinator of the
program shall see to it that scholarship grantees and teacher trainees under the
program are intellectually and emotionally prepared to handle special education.
SECTION 7. The Secretary of Education shall issue such rules and regulations and
shall employ such specialists as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this
Act.
SECTION 8. The sum of three hundred fifty thousand pesos is hereby authorized to be
appropriated out of any funds in the National Treasury not otherwise appropriated to
carry out the provisions of this Act for the fiscal year nineteen hundred and sixty-eight.
Thereafter, such sums as are necessary for the operation of said training program shall
be included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 9. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
Approved, June 15, 1968.
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