WHEREAS, the role of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports in value formation must be harnessed in the pursuance of the policy declared in Executive Order No. 308, S. of 1987, "Providing For The Reorganization of the Regional Development Councils";

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CORAZON C. AQUINO, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

SECTION 1. Section 2, paragraph a(ii) of Executive Order No. 308, S. of 1987, is hereby amended to read as follows:

"(ii) The Regional Directors of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, and the agencies represented in the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Board: Provided, That each Department or Agency shall be represented by only one Regional Director thereof; and"

SECTION 2. This Executive Order shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 8th day of May in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-nine.


By the President:

(Sgd.) CATALINO MACARAIG, JR.
Executive Secretary