EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 730, June 04, 2008

ADDING TWO (2) PRIVATE REPRESENTATIVES TO THE BOARD OF ADVISERS OF THE COMMISSION ON HIGHER EDUCATION

WHEREAS, the Presidential Task Force to Assess, Plan and Monitor the Entire Educational System was created pursuant to Executive Order (EO) No. 652 dated August 21, 2007;

WHEREAS, the need to strengthen existing mechanisms to complement the role of the Presidential Task Force for Education is necessary in synchronizing the entire education system;

WHEREAS, Republic Act (RA) No. 7722, otherwise known as the Higher Education Act of 1994, created the Commission on Higher Education, and provided the composition of its Board of Advisers in Section 7 thereof;

WHEREAS, there is a need to add two (2) new members to the composition of the Board of Advisers;

WHEREAS, Section 19, Book III, Title I, Chapter 7 and Section 31, Book III, Title III, Chapter 10 of EO No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, recognizes the residual powers and the continuing authority of the President to reorganize.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reorganize the Board of Advisers of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED), by adding two (2) private representatives thereto.

All executive orders, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.

This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.

DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of June, in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary