Section 66. National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES). — The Commission on Higher Education (CHED), in coordination with the Department and appropriate government agencies, shall establish a National Agriculture and Fisheries Education System (NAFES) which shall have the following objectives:

  1. To establish, maintain and support a complete and integrated system of agriculture and fisheries education relevant to the needs of the economy, the community and society;

  2. To modernize and rationalize agriculture and fisheries education from the elementary to the tertiary levels;

  3. To unify, coordinate and improve the system of implementation of academic programs that are geared toward achieving agriculture and fisheries development in the country; and,

  4. To upgrade the quality, ensure sustainability and promote global competitiveness, at all levels, of agriculture and fisheries education.