Whereas Clauses. WHEREAS, Section 8(7) of Article XV of the New Constitution has indubitably spelled out and defined a redirection of the national policy relative to the ownership, with certain specific exceptions, as well as on the control and administration, of all educational institutions that should be allowed to operate in the Philippines;

WHEREAS, the same constitutional provision has likewise delimited the percentage of alien students that may be allowed to enroll in each educational institution, and specifically regulated the type of alien schools which may be sanctioned to operate in the country;

WHEREAS, there are at present more or less 154 alien schools in operation throughout the country, with a combined-total enrolment of 68,505 students as of the Second Semester, 1972-1973, whose continued existence has become untenable in the light of the clear mandate enunciated in said Section 8(7) of Article XV of the New Constitution, which perforce demands the immediate integration of the said schools into the Philippine Educational System; and

WHEREAS, it is deemed imperative that said constitutional provision be implemented immediately in order to effect the desired changes and reforms in the educational system of the country;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers in me vested by the Constitution as Commander-in-Chief of all the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and pursuant to PROCLAMATION NO. 1081, dated September 21, 1972, and General Order No. 1, dated September 22, 1972, as amended, do hereby order and decree that: