BATAS PAMBANSA BLG 232 EDUCATION ACT OF 1982

Goals
1. Achieve and maintain an accelerating rate of economic development and social
progress;
2. Assure the maximum participation of all people in the attainment and
employment of such growth, and
3. Achieve and strengthen national unity and consciousness and preserve, develop
and promote desirable culture, moral, and spiritual values in a changing world.
Aims
1. Provide for a broad general education that will assist each individual in the
peculiar ecology of his own society, to:
1.1. attain his potentials as human beings;
1.2. enhance the range and quality of individual and group participation in the
basic functions of society, and
1.3. acquire essential educational foundations of his development into a
productive and versatile citizen.
2. Train the nations manpower in the middle level skills required for national
development.
3. Develop the profession that will provide leadership for the nation in the
advancement of knowledge for improving the quality of human life, and
4. Respond effectively to changing needs and conditions of the nations through a
system educational planning and evaluation.
Rights and Duties of Parents in the Education of Children
1. Rights
1.1. Right to organize themselves and/or with teachers for the discussion
betterment of the school.
1.2. Right to access to any official record concerning the children who are under
their parental responsibility.
2. Duties
2.1.
2.2.

2.3.

Duty to help carry out the educational objectives in accordance with national
goals.
Duty to enable their children to obtain elementary education and shall strive to
enable them to obtain secondary or higher education in the pursuance of the
right formation of the youth.
Duty to cooperate with the school in the implementation of the school
program.

Rights and Duties of Students

1. Rights
1.1.

Right to receive, primarily through competent instruction, relevant quality

education in line with national development goals and conducive to their full
development as persons with human dignity.

1.2.

Right to freely choose their field of study subject to existing course therein up
to graduation, except in cases of academic deficiency or disciplinary
regulations.

1.3.

Right to school guidance and counselling services.

1.4.

Right of access to his own school records, the confidentiality of which the
school shall maintain and preserve.

1.5.

Right to the issuance of official certificates, diplomas, transcript of records,

grades, transfer credentials, and other similar documents within thirty days of
request.

1.6.

Right to publish a school newspaper.

1.7.

Right to free expression of opinions and suggestions and to effective

channels of communication.

1.8.

Right to form, establish, and join organizations.

1.9.

Right to be free from involuntary contributions, except those approve by their

own organizations or societies.

2. Duties
2.1.

Duty to exert his utmost to develop his potentialities.

2.2.

Duty to uphold the academic integrity of the school.

2.3.

Duty to promote the peace and tranquillity of the school.

2.4.

Duty to participate actively in civic affairs, and in the promotion of the general
welfare.

2.5.

Duty to exert his rights responsibly.

Section 1. Title - This Act shall be known as the "Education Act of 1982."
Section 2. Coverage - This Act shall apply to and govern both formal and nonformal systems in public and private schools in all levels of the entire educational
system.
Batas Pambansa Blg: 232 | Date: September 11, 1982.
An Act Providing For The Establishment And Maintenance Of An Integrated System
Of Education