To:   Bureau Directors
Regional Directors
Schools Superintendents
Presidents, State Colleges and Universities
Heads of Private Schools, Colleges and Universities
Vocational Schools Superintendents/Administrators

1.   A major concern of this Department is the alarming number of secondary school teachers, particularly in newly nationalized high schools, who are teaching neither their major nor minor subjects. While staff development programs have been conducted, these are not enough to raise the level of competence of non-specialists who are already in the service, hence, theneed to recruit qualified teacher-specialists.

2.   In order to ensure that only those who are qualified are hired, the following guidelines are hereby issued in filling up new items for CY 1991 and the years thereafter:

3.   All DECS issuances contrary to this Order are hereby rescinded.

4.   Strict adherence to these guidelines and wide and immediate dissemination of this Order are desired.

Reference:   None

Allotment:   1-2-3-4—(M.O. 1-87)

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index

                under the following subjects:

APPOINTMENT

EMPLOYMENT

REAPPOINTMENT

OFFICIALS

TEACHERS