Administrative Order No. 303, August 4, 1959

PROVIDING FOR THE CELEBRATION OF EDUCATION WEEK AS DECLARED BY PROCLAMATION NO. 409, DATED SEPTEMBER 14, 1953.

WHEREAS, the second week of September of every year was declared as Education Week under Proclamation No. 409, dated September 14, 1953; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary that steps be taken for the effective celebration of the week;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CARLOS P. GARCIA, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby order:

1. Education Week shall be celebrated under the auspices of the Department of Education.

2. A national committee is hereby created to draft the program of activities for the week. The committee shall be composed of the following:

The Secretary of Education	Chairman
The President, University of the Philippines	Member
The President, Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities	“
The President, Philippine Federation of Parent-Teacher Associations	“
The Chairman, Family Week Council	“
The President, Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines	“
The President, Philippine Chamber of Industries	“
The President, Chamber of Agriculture and Natural Resources	“
The President, Manila Rotary Club	“
The President, Lions Club of Manila	“
The President, Manila Junior Chamber of Commerce	“
The President, National Press Club of the Philippines	“
The President, Katipunang Mangagawang Filipino	“

3. One of the features of the provincial celebration shall be the holding of educational conference and of the regional conference according to the plan approved in the Superintendents Convention.

Done in the City of Manila, this 4th day of August, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and fifty-nine, and of the Independence of the Philippines, the fourteenth.

(Sgd.) CARLOS P. GARCIA

President of the Philippines

By the President:

(Sgd.) JUAN C. PAJO

Executive Secretary