The joint resolution aims to amend the restrictive provisions of the 1987 Constitution to provide greater flexibility in education policy, taking advantage of globalization and innovative developments in higher education.
The joint resolution of the House and the Senate proposes to amend the restrictive provisions of the 1987 Constitution by adding the phrase, “Unless provided by law,” to the general provisions of Article XIV, Paragraph 2, which provides that all educational institutions shall be owned solely by citizens and corporations or associations at least 60 percent owned by Filipinos.
The intent of the amendment is to give greater flexibility to educational policy so that we can take advantage of the benefits of globalization and innovative developments in higher education. Congress, in its wisdom to amend the Constitution, should consider simply to replace this section on education with the provisions on education of the original 1935 Constitution.Article XIII, Sec. 5 of the 1935 Constitution has almost all the ingredients of the 1987 Constitutio
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