Proclamation No. 239, s. 1993

1'>'1 F'A) ('2. - MALACANANG Manila BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PHILIPPINES PROCLAMATION NO. 239 DECLARING THE PERIOD FROM SEPTEMBER 2 TO 8 OF EVERY YEAR AS LITERACY WEEK WHEREAS, the government, through the Medium Term Philip- pine Development Plan (MTDP), aims "to raise the quality of life and achieve a vision of development through people empowerment"; WHEREAS, literacy is a fundamental right of all and a vital factor in empowering people and communities towards meaningful development; WHEREAS, the period 1990 to 1999 is the "Decade of Edu- cation For All"; WHEREAS, Education For All (EFA) is a program spear- headed by government aimed at bringing basic education within reach of all Filipinos by the year 2000; WHEREAS, literacy is an integral component of EFA; WHEREAS, there are 2.8 M Filipinos, aged 10 and above, who are basically illiterate, 11.7 M are functionally illi- terate, and 2.9 M out-of-school youth may revert to illi- teracy, if not provided immediate assistance; WHEREAS, it is the duty of the state to support in terms of policy, resources and programs geared towards the eradica- tion of illiteracy; WHEREAS, there is a need to highlight the importance of literacy and education, given government's vision of Philip- pines 2000 that would be better achieved with the improve- ment of the quality of our human resources through literacy and education, among others; WHEREAS, there are those who have dedicated their life's work to reaching out to illiterate individuals and communi- ties, deserving of recognition; NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare the period from September. 2 to 8 of every year as Literacy Week. Literacy Week September 2 to 8 of every year X x 2 The Department of Education, Culture and Sports, through its Bureau of Nonformal Education, and with the support of agencies involved in the Eradication of Illi- teracy (EOI) from the private and government sectors, will provide directions for programs and activities that will highlight accomplishments towards EOI. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. Done in the City of Manila, this JLit in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred, day of .I't~~ ninety three. <~ By the President: PMS liBRARY Received TEOFISTO '. I , JR. Executive secretary~. AUG 3' 1993 ../kv -'Date~ f