What schools must know about Education Law

MANILA, Philippines - To help school owners and administrators updated on laws and regulations for educational institutions, the Center for Global Best Practices will run a seminar entitled “Solving Legal and Issues in Education Law”, to be held on Thursday and Friday, August 1 and 2, 2013 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Peninsula Hotel in Makati City, Philippines.  This program is intended to address the problems, challenges, and most difficult issues faced by educators, school administrators and owners as well as align their school policies, student and HR manual with all the special laws applicable to primary, secondary and tertiary educational institutions.  The lecture will include the New/ Revised Manual of Regulations for Private Schools in Basic Education that took effect on February 2011.  Full details of this one-time, limited-seats-only event are available at CGBP’s website at www.cgbp.org. Interested participants may also call program leader Zennie Escudero at in Manila at (02) 8427148/59, Cebu lines (032) 5123106/ 07), Baguio, (074) 4235148 or email at [email protected]. Pre-registration is required. 

This special program will feature the foremost authority in education law, Atty. Ulpiano “Ulan” Sarmiento III who is the author of the two books namely (1) Education Law and the Private Schools: A Practical Guide for Educational Leaders and Policymakers; and (2) Compendium of Education Legislation for Private Basic Education. These are the most comprehensive book that compiles all the different laws and cases related to education.  It serves as definitive references of all schools and educational institutions, including the Commission on Higher Education. 

Sarmiento is currently the dean of San Beda College of Law in Alabang