Education, Science and

Technology, Arts, Culture

and Sports
ARTICLE XIV of the 1987 Philippine Constitution: Sections 1-5
Section 1: The State shall protect and promote the right
of all citizens to quality education at all levels and shall
take appropriate steps to make such education
accessible to all.
THE 3 PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WHICH THE STATE
MUST PROMOTE AND PROTECT
A.) QUALITY OF EDUCATION;
B.) AFFORDABLE EDUCTAION;
C.) EDUCATION THAT IS RELEVANT TO
THE NEEDS OF PEOPLE AND SOCIETY.
NATURAL AND PRIMARY RIGHTS OF
PARENTS:
1.) The right of parents and guardians to direct
the upbringing and education of children under
their control (Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 US 390),
which includes the:
The natural duty of the parent to give his
children education suitable to their station
in life. (Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 US 390)
The right of the parents to choose the
person who will instruct their children.
(Meyer v. Nebraska, 262 US 390)
NATURAL AND PRIMARY RIGHTS OF
PARENTS:
The right of parents to choose schools where
their children will receive appropriate mental
and religious training. (Pierce v. Society of Sisters
262 US 510)
The right and duty of the parents to recognize
and prepare him for additional obligations.
(Pierce v. Society of Sisters 262 US 510)
NATURAL AND PRIMARY RIGHTS OF
PARENTS:
The parents have traditional interest with respect
to the religious upbringing of their children, thus
they have the right to direct their religious
upbringing. (Wisconsin v. Yoder 406 US 205)
the parents' right to claim to authority in their
own household to direct the rearing of their
children. (Ginsberg v. New York 406 US 629)
The primary right of the parent to the custody,
care and nurture of the child, this would include
the preparation for obligations the state can
neither supply nor hinder. (Ginsberg v. New York
406 US 629)
QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
The State can employ methods which will
regulate the access to medical schools and
insulate the medical schools and ultimately the
medical profession from the intrusion of those
not qualified to be doctors. (DECS V. San Diego
180 SCRA 534)
QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
 “The academic freedom enjoyed by “institutions of
higher learning” includes the right to set academic
standards to determine under what circumstances
failing grades suffice for the expulsion of students. Once
it has done so, however, that standard should be
followed meticulously. It cannot be utilized to
discriminate against those students who exercise their
constitutional rights to peaceable assembly and free
speech.” (Non V. Judge Dame 185 SCRA 523)
QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF
EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM:
“An institution of learning has a contractual
obligation to afford its students a fair opportunity
to complete the course they seek to pursue.
However, when a student commits a serious
breach of discipline or fails to maintain the
required academic standard, he forfeits his
contractual right; and the court should not
review the discretion of university authorities.”
(Non V. Judge Dame 185 SCRA 523)