COMMONWEALTH ACT No. 80
AN ACT CREATING THE OFFICE OF ADULT EDUCATION, ENUMERATING ITS DUTIES, DEFINING ITS OBJECTIVES, AND PROVIDING FUNDS FOR ITS OPERATION.
Be it enacted by the National Assembly of the Philippines:
Section 1. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of the Constitution regarding adult education, there is hereby created under the Department of Public Instruction1 an office to be known as the Office of Adult Education.
Section 2.This office shall:
(a) Initiate and conduct surveys to determine the extent and distribution of illiteracy among adults;
(b) Enlist the interest and cooperation of organizations on adult education activities;
(c) Prepare a comprehensive program for adult education work;
(d) Organize and supervise schools and classes for adults;
(e) Disseminate instructive cultural and vocational information;
(f) Secure lecturers, demonstrators, extension and follow-up workers for adult education;
(g) Train teachers and community organizers for adult education;
(h) Cooperate with the Bureaus of Education,2 Health, Science,3 Plant Industry, Commerce4 and Labor in undertakings concerned with vocational training and the improvements of living conditions;
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An Act amending and repealing some of the provisions of chapter Twenty-seven of act numbered Twenty-seven hundred eleven commonly known as the Administrative Code of nineteen hundred and se
Commonwealth Act No. 80
