Legal Basis
Section 2, Republic Act No. 4126 of the Philippine Constitution provides that "the University shall primarily give technical and professional training, advanced instruction in literature, philosophy, the sciences and the arts, besides providing for the promotion of scientific and technological researches and democratic access to education to poor but deserving students, not only in Northern Samar, but also in other parts of the country."
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