PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES, CODES & ISSUANCES
PHILIPPINE LAWS, STATUTES AND CODES
REPUBLIC ACTS
REPUBLIC ACT NO. 1881 - AN ACT
AMENDING SECTION ONE OF THE REPUBLIC ACT NUMBERED SEVEN HUNDRED NINE,
ENTITLED "AN ACT DECLARING OBLIGATORY THE TEACHING OF SPANISH IN ALL
COURSES OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES IN THE
PHILIPPINES" |
(REPEALED BY REPUBLIC ACT NO. 5182) Section 1. Section one of the Republic Act Numbered Seven hundred nine is amended to read as follows: "Section 1. The
teaching of Spanish is hereby declared obligatory in all the
universities and colleges, public and private, and all students shall
be required to complete twelve units, at least, in the said subject:
Provided, however, That in the courses of Law, Commerce, Liberal Arts,
Foreign Service and Education, the students shall be required to
complete at least twenty-four units without increasing the number of
years required at present for the completion of such sources, which
twenty-four units shall include the teaching of the following in their
original Spanish versions, be wit, Mabini's Memorias de la Revolucion
Filipina; a compilation of the outstanding speeches in the Congress of
Malolos of the First Philippine Republic; and a compilation of the
great poems of Jose Rizal, Cecilio Apostol, Fernando Ma. Guerrero, Jose
Palma, Claro M. Recto, Jesus Balmori, Manuel Bernabe, Flavio Zaragoza
Cano, Pacifico Victoriano, and other notable Filipino poets, specially
poems of patriotic and nationalistic character as well as those
depicting the Philippine scene, the said compilations to be undertaken
by the Secretary of Education, the head of the department of Spanish in
the University of the Philippines, and the head of the department of
Spanish in any private university who shall be chosen by the Secretary
of Education: Provided, further, That this shall not include students
who, before the approval of this Act, have already obtained units in
other foreign languages in order to satisfy existing requirements
regarding other foreign languages, in which case said students can
continue studying said languages until such requirements shall have
been fully satisfied: Provided, finally, That Spanish be optional to
foreign students."
Sec. 2. This Act shall take effect beginning with the school year 1957-1958. Approved: June 22, 1957 |