Section 4Sec./Art. 4

Establishment of Rural Farm Schools. Rural farm schools are hereby established to provide alternative delivery mode of secondary education. The public rural farm schools shall be free from tuition and other school fees, except those fees which may be allowed by the DepED. Private rural farm schools shall set a minimal tuition and other fees subject to the approval of the DepED: Provided, That the relatives of CARP beneficiaries up to the third degree of consanguinity in the descending line shall be exempt from payment of the fees.

The DepED shall institutionalize high standards of quality assurance in rural farm schools. These standards shall involve prescribing guidelines and policies on the operation and management of rural farm schools as well as basic curricular content to ensure the credibility and academic integrity of rural farm schools.

Within one (1) year upon the formulation of the implementing rules and regulations of this Act, the DepED shall encourage the establishment of at least one (1) public rural farm school in every province in the country.