By virtue of the powers vested in me by law, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, do hereby by create an Advisory Council on Education composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education .............................................................................................................	Chairman
Dr. Sotero Laurel ...........................................................................................................................	Member
Dr. Waldo Perfecto .......................................................................................................................	Member
Mr. Augusto Ceasar Espiritu ..........................................................................................................	Member
The Director of Public Schools ......................................................................................................	Member

The Council shall have the following functions:

1. Study and make recommendations on reforms in the present system of public and private education in the Philippines in conformity with the educational objectives laid down in the Constitution and as may be justified by the changing social, political and economic conditions;

2. Advise the President on basic educational policies with a view to formulating an integrated educational pattern for the whole country and coordinating our educational scheme with such standards as may be set up by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO);

3. Conduct studies, investigations, surveys in all phases of vocational education to guide the Government in formulating policies with respect to the development of the different trades and industries in the country; and

4. Such other functions as may be assigned to it by the President.

Done in the City of Manila, this 28th day of May, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and sixty-seven.


By the President:

(Sgd.) JOSE J. LEIDO
Acting Executive Secretary