RULES AND
REGULATIONS
IMPLEMENTING
THE TESDA ACT OF
1994 Republic
Act No. 7796
Pursuant to
Section
36 of the TESDA Act of 1994, the TESDA Board
hereby
promulgates the Implementing Rules
and
Regulations of the Act, as follows:
RULE IPOLICIES AND
OBJECTIVES
SECTION 1. Title. - These
Rules shall be known and cited as the Rules and Regulations Implementing
the TESDA Act of 1994.
SEC. 2. Declaration of
Policy. - It is the declared policy of the State to provide
relevant,
accessible, high quality and efficient technical education and skills
development
in support of the development of high quality Filipino middle-level
manpower
responsive to and in accordance with Philippine development
goals and priorities.
Private
Sector Participation. - The State shall encourage the active
participation
of various concerned sectors, particularly private enterprises, being
direct
participants in and immediate beneficiaries of a trained and skilled
workforce,
in providing technical education and skills development opportunities.
SEC. 3. Statement of Goals
and Objectives. - The goals and objectives of TESDA Act of 1994
(hereinafter
cited as Act) are as follows:
International
Competitiveness. - To promote and strengthen the quality of technical
education
and skills development programs to attain international
competitiveness;
Quality
Middle-Level Manpower. - To focus technical education and skills
development
on meeting the changing demands for quality middle-level manpower.
Scientific
and Technical Knowledge Base. - To encourage critical and creative
thinking
by disseminating the scientific and technical knowledge base of
middle-level
manpower development programs;
Roles
of Public and Private Institutions. - To recognize and encourage the
complementary
roles of public and private institutions in technical education
and
skills development and training systems; and
Desirable
Values. - To inculcate desirable values through the development of
moral
character, with emphasis on work ethic, self-discipline,
self-reliance
and nationalism.
RULE IITECHNICAL
EDUCATION
AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT PLAN
SEC. 1. Formulation of
a Comprehensive Development Plan for Middle-Level Manpower. - The
Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) shall formulate a
comprehensive
development plan for middle-level manpower based on a national
employment
plan or policies for the optimum allocation, development and
utilization
of skilled workers for employment, entrepreneurship and technology
development
for economic and social growth, to be known as the National Technical
Education
and Skills Development Plan.
SEC. 2. President's Approval.
- This plan, after adoption by the TESDA Board, shall be updatedperiodically and submitted
to the President of the Philippines for approval. Thereafter, it shall
be the plan for technical education and skills development for the
entire
country within the framework of the National Development Plan.
SEC. 3. Assistance of
Private Sector and the Academe. - The TESDA Board shall direct the
TESDA
Secretariat to call on its
member-agencies, the private sector and the academe to assist in the
formulation of the plan.
SEC. 4. Reformed Industry-Based
Training Program. - The comprehensive plan shall provide for areformed industry-based
training program including apprenticeship, dual training system and
other
similar schemes
intended to:
provide
maximum protection and welfare of the worker-trainee;
improve
the quality and relevance and social accountability of technical
education
and skills development;
accelerate
the employment-generation efforts of the government; and
expand
the range of opportunities for upward social mobility of the
school-going
population beyond the traditional higher levels of formal
education.
SEC. 5. Review and Endorsement
of Agencies' Budgets. - All government and non-government agencies
receiving financial and technical assistance from the government shall
be required to formulate their respective annual agency technical
education
and skills development plans in line with the national technical
education
and skills development plan. The budget to support such plans shall be
subject to review and endorsement to the Department of Budget and
Management
by the TESDA.
SEC. 6. TESDA's Evaluation
of Agencies' Programs. - The TESDA shall evaluate the efficiency and
effectiveness of the
agencies'
skills development programs and schemes to make them conform withthe quantitative and
qualitative
objectives of the national technical education and skills development
plan.
SEC. 7. Submission of
Reports of TESDA. - In such form as the TESDA may prescribe, the
agencies
mentioned in Section 5 hereof shall submit reports on how they have
implemented
their technical education and skills development plans annually to the
TESDA or as often as it may require.
RULE IIITESDA BOARD
SEC. 1. Creation of
the
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority. - To
implement
the
policy declared in the
Act,
a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority is created,
(hereinafter referred to
as the Authority or TESDA). The
Authority shall be composed of the TESDA Board as its governing body,
and
the TESDA Secretariat as its executive arm. The TESDA shall replace and
absorb the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC), the Bureau of
Technical
and Vocational Education (BTVE) and the personnel and functions
pertaining
to technical- vocational education in the regional offices of the
Department
of Education, Culture and Sports(DECS), and the
apprenticeship
program of the Bureau of Local Employment of the Department of Labor
and
Employment.
SEC. 2. Composition of
the TESDA Board.- The TESDA Board is composed of the following:
The Secretary
of Labor and Employment
Chairperson
Secretary
of Education, Culture and Sports
Co-Chairperson
Secretary
of Trade and Industry
Co-Chairperson
Secretary
of Agriculture Member
Secretary
of Interior and Local Government
Member
Director
General of the TESDA Secretariat
Member
Private sector representatives
appointed by the President:
Two (2)
representatives from the employer/industry organization, one of whom
shall
be a woman;
Three
(3) representatives from the labor sector, one of whom shall be a
woman;
and
To (2)
representatives of national associations of private
technical-vocational
education and training institutions, one of whom shall be a woman.
SEC. 3. Term of Office.
- As soon as all the members of the private sector are appointed, they
shall so organize
themselves that the term of office of one-third (1/3) of their number
shall
expire every year. The members from the private sector appointed
thereafter
to fill vacancies caused by expiration of terms shall hold office for
three
(3) years.
SEC. 4. Change of Membership.
- The President of the Philippines may revise the membership of the
TESDA Board through an
administrative
order whenever the President deems it necessary for the effective
performance
of the Board's functions.
SEC. 5. Meetings, Emoluments.
- The TESDA Board shall meet at least twice a year, or as frequently as
may be deemed necessary by its Chairperson. In the absence of the
Chairperson,
a Co-Chairperson shall preside. In case any member of the Board
representing
the Government cannot attend the meeting, he or she shall be regularly
represented by an undersecretary or deputy-director general, as the
case
may be, to be designated by such member for the purpose.
The benefits, privileges
and emoluments of the Board shall be consistent with existing laws and
rules.
SEC. 6. Functions and
Powers of the Board. -
Function.
- The TESDA Board shall be primarily responsible for the
formulation
of continuing, coordinated and fully integrated technical education and
skills development policies, plans and programs taking into
consideration
the following:
1. The State policy declared in the Act of giving new direction and
thrusts
to efforts in developing the quality of Filipino human resources
through
technical education and skills development.
2. The implementation of the above-mentioned policy requires the
coordination
and cooperation of policies, plans and programs of different concerned
sectors of Philippine society;
3. Equal participation of representatives of industry groups, trade
associations,
employers, association of technical-vocational
schools
workers and government shall be made the rule in order to ensure that
urgent
needs and recommendations are readily addressed; and
4. Improved linkages between industry, labor and government shall be
given
priority in the formulation of any national-level plan.
Powers.
- The TESDA Board shall have the following powers:
1. Approve and promulgate, after due consultation with industry groups,
trade associations, associations of technical-vocational schools,
employers
and workers, the National Technical Education and Skills Development
Plan
for middle-level manpower and the policies, programs and guidelines as
may be necessary for the effective implementation of the plan and of
the
Act;
2. Organize and constitute various standing committees, subsidiary
groups,
or technical working groups for efficient integration,
coordination
and monitoring technical education and skills development
programs
at the national, regional, and local levels;
3. Enter into, make, execute, perform and carry out domestic and
foreign
contracts subject to existing laws, rules and regulations;
4. Restructure the entire sub-sector consisting of all institutions and
programs involved in the promotion and development of
middle-level
manpower through upgrading, merger and/or phase-out following a
user-led
strategy;
5. Approve trade skills standards and trade tests as established and
conducted
by private industries;
6. Establish and administer a system of accreditation of both public
and
private institutions;
7. Establish, develop and support trainors' training and/or programs;
8. Lend support and encourage increasing utilization of the dual
training
system as provided for by republic Act No. 7686;
9. Exact reasonable fees and charges for such tests and trainings
conducted
and retain such earnings for the use of the TESDA, subject to
guidelines
promulgated by the TESDA Board;
10. Allocate resources, based on the TESDA Secretariat's
recommendations,
for the programs and projects it shall undertake pursuant to an
approved
National Technical Education and Skills Development Plan;
11. Determine and approve systematic funding schemes such as the
Levy-and-Grant
scheme for technical education and skills development
purposes;
12. Create, when deemed necessary, an Advisory Committee which shall
provide
expert and technical advice to the Board to be chosen from the academe
and the private sector: Provided, that in case the Advisory Committee
is
created, the Board is hereby authorized to set aside a portion of its
appropriation
for its operation;
13. Create such offices as it may deem necessary to carry out
objectives,
policies and functions of the TESDA;
14. Review and approve annual and other reports to the President on
technical
education and skills development;
15. Manage and administer the TESDA Development Fund and formulate is
implementing
guidelines; and
16. Perform such other duties and functions necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Act.
RULE IVTESDA SECRETARIAT
SEC. 1. TESDA
Secretariat.
- The TESDA Secretariat, created under Sec. 10 of the Act, is
composed
of the
Offices mentioned in this Rule.
SEC. 2. Functions and
Responsibilities of the TESDA Secretariat. - The Secretariat shall
have the following
functions and responsibilities:
To establish
and maintain a planning process and formulate a national technical
education
and skills development plan in consultation with the member agencies
and
other concerned of the TESDA at various levels;
To
provide
analytical inputs to policy and decision-making of the TESDA on
allocation
of resources and on institutional roles and responsibilities as shall
be
embodied with the agencies annual technical education and skills
development
plans, in accordance with the manpower plan for middle-level skilled
workers
as approved by the TESDA Board;
To
recommend
measures and implement the same upon approval by the TESDA Board, for
the
effective and efficient implementation of the national technical
education
and skills development plan;
To
propose
to the TESDA Board the specific allocation of resource for the programs
and projects it shall undertake pursuant to the approved national
technical
education and skills development plan;
To
submit
the TESDA Board periodic reports on the progress and accomplishment of
work programs and on the implementation of plans and policies for
technical
education and skills development;
To
prepare
for approval by the TESDA Board an annual report to the president on
technical
education and skills development;
To
implement
and administer the apprenticeship program;
To
prepare
and implement, upon approval by the TESDA Board, programs for the
training
of trainers, supervisors, planners and managers;
To
enter
into agreements to implement plans and programs approved by the TESDA
Board
and perform activities as shall implement the declared policy of the
Act;
To
propose
to the TESDA Board the policies and guidelines for the organization and
constitution of the regional and local Technical Education and Skills
Development
Committees, industry boards and technical working groups, as may be
deemed
necessary, and after their approval, to implement such policies and
guidelines;
Provided, that the Director-General, shall determine the composition of
these bodies subject to the guidelines adopted by the TESDA Board for
the
purpose;
To
review
and endorse to the Department of Budget and Management in accordance
with
the guidelines approved by the TESDA Board the annual agency technical
education and skills development plans of all government and
non-government
agencies receiving financial technical assistance from the government;
Upon
proper delegation of authority from the TESDA Board, the TESDA
Secretariat,
thru the Director- General, shall also:
1. Review and recommend action to concerned authorities proposed
technical
assistance programs and grants-in-aid-programs for the technical
education
and skills development, or both, including those which may be entered
into
between the Government of the Philippines and other nations, including
international and foreign organizations both here and abroad.
2. Develop and administer appropriate incentive schemes to government
and
private industries and institutions to provide high quality technical
education
and skills development opportunities;
3. Set policies for technical education and skills development programs
for regional and local-level implementations.
4. Direct and approve institutional arrangements with industry boards
and
such other bodies or associations for the direct participation of
employers
and workers in technical education and skills evelopment including
trade
skills standardization and testing, apprenticeship and dual training
system.
5. Hire the services of qualified consultants and private organizations
for research work and publication in the field of technical education
and
skills development and also avail itself of the services of other
agencies
of the Government as maybe required.
To
perform
such other functions and duties as maybe assigned by the TESDA Board.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
SEC. 3. Director-General.
- The TESDA Secretariat shall be headed by a Director-General, who shall
likewise be a member of
the TESDA Board. The Director-General shall enjoy the benefits,
privileges
and emoluments equivalent to the rank of Undersecretary. As chief
Executive
Officer of the TESDA Secretariat, the Director-General shall exercise
general
supervision and control over its technical and administrative personnel.
SEC. 4. Deputy Directors-General.
- The Director-General shall be assisted by two (2) Deputy
Directors-General, one to
be
responsible for Vocational and Technical Education and Training and one
to be responsible for Policies and Planning.
The Deputy Directors-General
shall enjoy the benefits, privileges and emoluments equivalent to the
rank
of Assistant Secretary.
SEC. 5. Chief of Services
for Administration. - The Director-General shall also be assisted
by
a Chief of Services
for Administration who shall be a Career Civil Service Official.
SEC. 6. Appointment of
TESDA Officials and Personnel. - The President shall appoint the
Director-General,
and the two Deputy Directors-General, upon recommendation of the TESDA
Board. The President shall also appoint the heads of the regional
offices.
The Chief of Services for Administration shall be appointed by the
TESDA
Board. The Director-General shall appoint an Executive-Director for
each
of the Offices under the two Deputy Directors-General who shall have
the
rank and emoluments of Director IV. The Director-General shall also
appoint
such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the objectives,
policies
and functions of the TESDA subject to Civil Service laws, rules and
regulations.
SEC. 7. Compliance with
the Salaries Standardization Law. - The composition and emoluments
of the officials
and employees of the TESDA shall be in accordance with the salary
standardization
law and other
applicable laws under the national compensation and classification plan.
SEC. 8. Continuous Assessment
and Study. - The TESDA Secretariat shall conduct continuous
assessment
and study of the nature, behavior and the use of the country's stock of
human resources and study areas directly or indirectly related to
technical
education and skills development. This, it shall do by:
engaging
directly in studies, researches and surveys; and
engaging
the services of duly recognized and competent individuals, groups of
individuals,
schools, universities or research institutions, through contracts,
grants
or any appropriate arrangement.
Documents,
materials or whatever output or results obtained from the activities
above
shall form part of the property of the TESDA.
SEC. 9. Automatic Review;
Recommendations to the President and Congress. - Every five (5)
years,
after the effectivity of
the Act, an independent review panel composed of three (3) persons
appointed
by the President shall review the performance of the TESDA and shall
make
recommendations based on
its findings to the
President
and to both Houses of Congress.
OFFICES OF THE
TESDA
SECRETARIAT
SEC. 10. The Planning
Office (PO). - The PO shall:
design
and establish planning processes and methodologies which will
particularly
enhance the efficiency of resource allocation decisions within the
technical
education and skills development sector;
lead
in the preparation and periodic updating of a national plan for
technical
education and skills development which shall become the basis for
resource
allocation decisions within the sector;
conduct
researches, studies and develop information systems for effective and
efficient
planning and policy making within the sector;
develop
and implement programs and projects aimed at building up planning
capabilities
of various institutions within the sector; and
perform
such other powers and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 11. Skills Standards
and Certification Office (SSCO). - The SSCO shall:
develop
and establish a national system of skills standardization, testing and
certification in the country;
design,
innovate and adopt processes and methodologies whereby industry groups
and workers' guilds take on progressively the responsibility of
setting
skills standards for identified occupational areas, and the local
government units actively participate in promoting skills standards,
testing
and certification;
establish
and implement a system of accrediting private enterprises, workers'
associations
and guilds and public institutions to serve as skills testing venues;
conduct
research and development on various occupational areas in order to
recommend
policies, rules and regulations for effective and efficient skills
standardization,
testing and certification system in the country; and
perform
such other duties and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 12. National Institute
for Technical Vocational Education and Training (NITVET). - The
NITVET
shall:
serve
as the research and development arm of the government in the field of
technical-vocational
education and training;
develop
curricula and program standards for various technical-vocational
education
and training areas;
develop
and implement an integrated program for continuing development of
trainors,
teachers and instructors within the technical education and skills
development
sector;
develop
programs and projects which will build up institutional capabilities
within
the sector; and
perform
such other powers and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 13. Office of Formal
Technical Vocational Education and Training (OFTVET). - The OFTVET
shall:
provide
policies, measures and guidelines for effective and efficient
administration
of formal technical-vocational education and training programs
implemented
by various institutions in the country;
establish
and maintain a system for accrediting, coordinating, integrating,
monitoring
and evaluating the different formal technical-vocational education and
training programs vis-à-vis the approved national technical
education
and skills development plan;
establish
and maintain a network of institutions engaged in institutionalized
technical-vocational
education and training, particularly with local government units; and
perform
such other powers and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 14. Office of the
Non-formal Technical Vocational Education and Training (ONFTVET). -
The ONFTVET shall:
provide
direction, policies and guidelines for effective implementation of
non-formal
community-based technical-vocational education and training;
accredit,
coordinate, monitor and evaluate various non-formal
technical-vocational
education and training programs implemented by various
institutions,
particularly by local government units;
establish
and maintain a network of institutions including local government
units,
non-government organizations implementing non-formal community-based
technical-vocational
education and training; and
perform
such other powers and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 15. Office of Apprenticeship
(OA). - The OA shall:
provide
direction, policies and guidelines on the implementation of the
apprenticeship
system;
accredit,
coordinate, monitor and evaluate all apprenticeship schemes and
programs
implemented by various institutions and enterprises;
establish
a network of institutions and enterprises conducting apprenticeship
schemes
and programs; and
perform
such other powers and functions as may be authorized.
REGIONAL AND
PROVINCIAL
TESDA OFFICES
SEC. 16. Regional
TESDA
Offices. - The TESDA shall establish regional offices headed by
Regional
Directors with the rank
and emoluments of Director IV. The offices shall be under the direct
control
of the
Director-General and shall:
serve
as Secretariat to Regional TESDA Committees;
supervise,
coordinate and integrate, thru its Provincial TESDA Offices, all
technical
education and skills development programs, projects and related
activities
in their respective jurisdiction;
develop
and recommend TESDA programs for regional and local level
implementation
within the policies set by the TESDA; and
perform
other duties and functions as may be authorized.
SEC. 17. Provincial TESDA
Offices. - The TESDA shall also establish Provincial Offices headed
by Skill Development
Offices with the rank and emoluments of a Director III. These offices
shall
be under the direct
control of the Director-General and shall:
serve
as Secretariat to Provincial TESDA Committees;
provide
technical assistance particularly to local government units for
effective
supervision, coordination, integration and monitoring of
technical-vocational
education and training programs within their localities; and
review
and recommend TESDA programs for implementation within their
localities;
and
perform
such other duties and function as may be authorized.
SEC. 18. Additional Offices.
- The TESDA Secretariat may be further composed by such offices as
may be
deemed necessary by the TESDA Board.
RULE VTESDA COMMITTEES
SEC. 1. Technical
Education
and Skills Development Committees. - The TESDA shall establish
Technical Education and
Skills Development Committees at the regional and local levels to
coordinate
and monitor the delivery
of
all technical education and skills development activities of the public
and private
sectors. The TESDA Board is authorized to set aside a portion of the
appropriation
of the TESDA for
the operation of the TESDA Committees.
SEC. 2. TESDA Committees'
Relations to Local Development Councils. - The TESDA Committees
shall
establish linkages with
the
appropriate regional and local development councils in order that they
may likewise
serve as the Technical Education and Skills Development Committees of
the
said development councils.
SEC. 3. Composition of
TESDA Committees. - The composition of the Technical Education and
Skills
Development Committees
shall
be determined by the Director-General subject to the guidelines
promulgated by the TESDA
Board.
RULE VIPROGRAMS AND
ACTIVITIES
SEC. 1. Programs and
Activities in Technical Education and skills Development. - The
TESDA
shall accredit,
coordinate, integrate, monitor and evaluate all the different formal
and
non-formal
technical-vocational
education
and training programs pursuant to the goals and objectives of the Act.
Encouraging the active
participation
of the private sector, including industry groups, trade associations,
employers and workers, and
particularly
private enterprises, the TESDA shall promote and strengthen
the quality of these
technical
education and skills development programs:
middle-level
manpower development programs;
vocational,
administrative or training programs for the purpose of acquiring and
developing
job-related skills;
programs
and projects which will build up institutional capabilities within the
sector;
technical
education and skills development programs at national, regional and
local
levels;
formal
technical-vocational education and training programs implemented by
various
institutions in the country;
non-formal
community based technical-vocation education and training programs;
training
programs and schemes focused on skills training for entrepreneur
development
and technology development, cost-effective training in occupational
trades
and related fields of employment and value development as an integral
component
of all skills training programs;
training
programs and schemes that include teacher's trainors' training and for
the continuing development of trainors, teachers and instructors within
the technical education and skills development sector; and
programs
for the training of supervisors, planners and managers.
SEC. 2. User-Led or Market-Driven
Strategy. - adopting a user-led or market driven strategy, the
TESDA shall promote
stengthened
linkages between educational/training institutions and industry to
ensure that appropriate
skills
and knowledge are provided by the educational system.
SEC. 3. Apprenticeship
and Learnership Prorgrams. - Using the above-mentioned strategy, in
accordance with existing
laws, rules and regulations, the TESDA shall implement and administer
reformed industry-based
apprenticeship
and learneship programs which have been transferred from the
Department of Labor and
Employment
to the TESDA by the Act.
SEC. 4. Dual Training
System. - Also using the strategy mentioned in Section 2 hereof,
the
TESDA shall implement Republic Act No. 7686 otherwise known as the
"Dual
Training System Act. Of 1994" and lend
support and encourage increasing utilization of the dual training
system
as provided for in the aforementioned
Act.
SEC. 5. Administration
of Training Programs. - The TESDA shall design and administer
training
programs and schemes that
will develop the capabilities of public and private institutions to
provide
quality and cost-effective technical education and skills development
and
related opportunities.
SEC. 6. Establishment
and Administration of National Trade Skills Standards. - There
shall
be national occupational
skills standards to be established by TESDA - accredited industry
committees.
The TESDA shall
develop and implement a certification and accreditation program in
which
private groups and trade associations are accredited to conduct
approved
trade tests, and the local government units to promote
such trade testing
activities
in their respective areas in accordance with the guidelines to be set
by
the TESDA. The Secretary of Labor and Employment shall determine the
occupational
trades for mandatory
certification. All
certificates
relating to the national skills testing and certification system shall
be issued by the TESDA through its Secretariat.
SEC. 7. Industry Boards.
- The TESDA shall establish effective and efficient institutional
arrangements
with industry boards and
such
other bodies or associations to provide direct participation of
employers
and workers in the design and implementation of skills development
schemes,
trade skills standardization
and certification and such other functions in the fulfillment of the
TESDA's
objectives.
SEC. 8. Skills Development
Centers. - The TESDA shall strengthen the network of national,
regional
and local
skills training centers for the purpose of promoting skills development.
This network shall include
skills training centers in vocational and technical schools, technical
institutions, polytechnic colleges, and all other duly accredited
public
and private dual system educational institutions. The technical
education
and skills development centers shall be administered and operated under
such rules and regulations as may be established by the TESDA in
accordance
with the National Technical
Education and Skills
Development
Plan.
SEC. 9. Coordination of
All Skills Training Schemes. - In order to integrate the national
skills
development efforts, all technical education and skills training
schemes
as provided for in the Act shall be coordinated
with the TESDA particularly those having to do with the setting of
trade
skills standards. For this
purpose, existing technical education and skills training programs in
the
Government and in the private
sector, specifically those wholly or partly financed with government
funds,
shall be reported to the
TESDA which shall assess and evaluate such programs to ensure their
efficiency
and effectiveness.
SEC. 10. Skills Development
Opportunities. - The TESDA shall design and implement an effective
and
efficient delivery system
for quality technical education and skills development opportunities
particularly
in disadvantaged sectors, with new tools of wealth creation and with
the
capability to take on higher value-added gainful activities and to
share
equitably in productivity gains.
SEC. 11. Devolution of
TESDA's Training Function to Local Governments. - In establishing
the
delivery system
provided for in the preceding Section, the TESDA shall formulate,
implement
and finance a specific
plan to develop the capability of local government units to assume
ultimately
the responsibility for effectively providing community-based technical
education and skills development opportunities: Provided, however, that
there shall be formulated and implemented an effective and timely
retraining
of TESDA personnel that would be affected by the devolution to ensure
their
being retained if the concerned local government units would not be
able
to absorb them.
RULE VIITECHNICAL AND
VOCATIONAL
SCHOOLSAND TRAINING
CENTERS
SEC. 1. Public
Technical
and Vocational Schools. - The public technical and vocational
schools
whose
budgets are included in
the TESDA budget per the annual General Appropriations Act, including
those
funded by local
governments,
shall be under the supervision of the TESDA. The pertinent DECS Orders
and Memoranda shall
continue
to apply to said schools until they are modified or revoked by the TESDA
Board.
SEC. 2. Private Technical
and Vocational Schools. - The private technical and vocational
schools
shall be subject
to reasonable supervision of the TESDA, in accordance with the 1992
Manual
of Regulations for Private
Schools, particularly its Article IV, Supervision and Regulation of
Private
Schools and Article V. Accreditation, until the aforementioned
regulations
are modified or revoked by the TESDA Board.
SEC. 3. Training Center.
- In its supervision of public and private training centers, the TESDA
shall ensure
that appropriate skills and knowledge are provided to industry by these
training centers.
RULE VIIIPROMOTION,
ASSISTANCE,
SCHOLARSHIP GRANTSAND INCENTIVES
SEC. 1. Skills
Olympics.
- To promote quality skills development in the country and with the
view
of participating
in international skills competitions, the TESDA, with the active
participation
of private industries,
shall organize and conduct annual National Skills Olympics. The TESDA,
through its Secretariat, shall promulgate the necessary rules and
guidelines
for the effective and efficient conduct of Annual National Skills
Olympics
and for the country's participation in international skills olympics.
SEC. 2. Assistance to
Employers and Organizations. - The TESDA shall assist any employer
or
organization engaged in
skills training schemes designed to attain its objectives under rules
and
regulations which the
TESDA
shall establish for this purpose.
SEC. 3. Scholarship Grants.
- The TESDA shall adopt a system of allocation and funding of
scholarship
grants which shall be
responsive
to the technical education and skills development needs of the
different
regions in the country.
SEC. 4. Incentives Schemes.
- The TESDA shall develop and administer appropriate incentive schemes
to encourage government
and
private industries and institutions to provide high-quality technical
education and skills
development
opportunities.
RULE IXFINANCING FOR
TECHNICAL
EDUCATIONAND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT
SEC. 1. TESDA Budget.
- The amount necessary to finance the initial implementation of the Act
shall be charged
against the existing appropriations of the NMYC and the BTVE.
Thereafter,
such funds as may be
necessary for the continued implementation of the Act shall be included
in the annual General Appropriations
Act.
SEC. 2. The TESDA Development
Fund. - A TESDA Development Fund is established, to be
managed/administered by
the TESDA, the income from which shall be utilized exclusively in
awarding
of grants
and providing assistance to schools, training institutions, industries,
local government units for upgrading
their capabilities, and to develop and implement technical education
and
skills development programs.
The Fund shall be set up through:
a one-time
lump sum appropriation from the National Government;
an
annual
contribution from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration Fund, the
amount of which should be part of the study on financing provided for
in
Section 4 of this Rule;
donations,
grants, endowments, and other bequests or gifts; and
any
other
income generated by the TESDA.
SEC. 3. Administrator
and Fund Manager. - The TESDA Board shall be the administrator of
the
Fund, and
as such, shall formulate the necessary implementing guidelines for the
management of the Fund, subject to the following: a) unless otherwise
stipulated
by the private donor, only earnings of private contributions shall be
used;
and b) no part of the seed capital of the Fund, including earnings,
thereof,
shall be used to underwrite expenses for administration. The Board
shall
appoint a reputable government-accredited investment institution as
Fund
manager, subject to guidelines promulgated by the Board.
SEC. 4. Expert Group on
Funding Scheme. - Within one (1) year after the organization of the
TESDA,
the TESDA Board shall
commission
an expert group on funding schemes for the TESDA Development Fund, the
results of which shall be used as the basis for appropriate action by
the
Board.
SEC. 5. Levy and Grant
Scheme. - The TESDA may determine and approve systematic funding
schemes
for technical education and skills development purposes such as a levy
and grant scheme whereby there shall be legal contributions from
participating
employers who would be beneficiaries of the employee training programs
(often as a percentage of the payroll) which contributions are
subsequently
turned over or rebated to enterprise offering such program.
SEC. 6. Fees and Charges.
- The TESDA may exact reasonable fees and charges for such tests and
trainings it may conduct
and retain such earnings for its own use, subject to guidelines
promulgated
by the
TESDA Board.
SEC. 7. Instructional
Improvement Fund. - The instructional improvement fund in public
technical-vocational
schools
and institutions shall be used for the expansion, upgrading or
maintenance
of school facilities,
particularly
machinery, equipment and other learning resources.
RULE XDEFINITION OF TERMS
SEC. 1. Definition of
Terms Under the Act. -
"Apprentice"
is a person undergoing training for an approved apprenticeable
occupation
during an established period assured by an apprenticeship agreement.
"Apprenticeship"
is training within employment with compulsory related theoretical
instructions
involving a contract between an apprentice and an employer on an
approved
apprenticeable occupation.
"Apprenticeship
Agreement" is a contract wherein a prospective employer binds himself
to
train the apprentice who in turn accepts the terms of training for a
recognized
apprenticable occupation, emphasizing the rights, duties and
responsibilities
of each party.
"Apprenticeable
Occupation" is an occupation officially endorsed by a tripartite body
and
approved for apprenticeship by the Authority.
"Dual
System/Training" refers to a delivery system of quality technical and
vocational
education which requires training to be carried out alternately in two
venues: In school and in the production plant. In school training
provides
the trainee the theoretical foundation, basic training, guidance and
human
formation, while in-plant develops his skills and proficiency in actual
work conditions as it continues to inculcate personal discipline and
work
values.
"Learners"
refer to persons hired as trainees in semi-skilled and other industrial
occupations which are non-apprenticeable. Learnership programs
must
be approved by the Authority;
"Levy-and-Grand
System" refers to a legal contribution (often a percentage of the
payroll)
from participating employers who would be beneficiaries of a vocational
or technical education or training program which is subsequently
turned over or rebated to enterprises offering employee training
programs;
"Middle-Level
Manpower" refers to those:
1. who
have acquired practical skills and knowledge through formal or
non-formal
education and training equivalent to at least a secondary education but
preferably a post-secondary education with a corresponding degree or
diploma;
or
2. skilled workers who have become highly competent in their trade or
craft
as attested by industry;
"Private
Enterprise" refers to an economic system under which property of all
kinds
can be privately owned and in which individuals, alone or in
association
with another, can embark on a business activity. This includes
industrial,
agricultural, agro-industrial or service establishments engaged in the
production, manufacturing, processing, repacking, assembly, or
production
of goods.
"
Skill"
means the acquired and developed ability to carry out a task of job;
"Skills
Development" means the process through which learner and workers are
systematically
provided with learning opportunities to acquire or upgrade, or both,
their
ability, knowledge and behavior pattern required as qualifications for
a job or range of jobs in a given occupational area.
"Technical
Education" refers to the education process designed at post-secondary
and
lower tertiary levels, officially recognized as non-degree programs
aimed
at preparing technicians, para-professionals and other categories of
middle-level
workers by providing them with a board range of general education,
theoretical,
scientific and technological studies, and related job skills training.
"Trade"
means any group of interrelated jobs or nay occupation which is
traditionally
or officially recognized as craft or artisan in nature requiring
specific
qualifications that can be acquired through work experience and/or
training.
"Trainees"
are participants in a vocational, administrative or technical training
program for the purpose of acquiring and developing job-related skills;
"Trainers"
are persons who direct the practice of skills towards immediate
improvement
in some task.
"Trainor/Trainers"
are persons who provide training to trainers aimed at developing the
latter's
capacities for imparting attitudes, knowledge, skills and behavior
patterns
required for specific jobs, tasks, occupations or group of
related
occupations.
"User-Led"
or "Market-Driven Strategy" refers to a strategy which promotes
stengthened
linkages between educational/training institutions and industry to
ensure
that appropriate skills and knowledge are provided by the educational
system.
Market-Driven Strategy relies principally on market forces to determine
supply/demand ratios including the pricing of training and education.
RULE XITRANSITORY AND
FINAL
PROVISIONS
SEC. 1. Private Sector
Representatives. - Within two (20 months after the approval of the
Act, the
President shall, in
consultation
with the Secretary of labor and Employment and the Secretary of
Education,
Culture and sports, appoint the private sector representatives of the
TESDA
Board.
SEC. 2. Appointment of
the Director-General. - Within three (3) months after the
appointment
of the private
sector representatives, the President shall, upon the recommendation of
the Board, appoint the Director-
General.
SEC. 3. Organizational
Structure and Staffing Pattern. - Within four (4) months after the
appointment of the
Director-General, the Board shall convene to determine the
organizational
structure and staffing pattern
of the TESDA.
SEC. 4. Personnel of Absorbed
Agencies. - The personnel of the existing National Manpower and
Youth
Council (NMYC) of the
Department
of Labor and Employment and the Bureau of Technical andVocational Education
(BTVE)
of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports, shall, in a holdover
capacity continue to
perform
their respective duties and responsibilities and receive their
corresponding
salaries and benefits
until
such time when the organizational structure and staffing pattern of the
TESDA shall have been approved by the Board: Provided, That the
preparation
and approval of the said new organizational structure
and staffing pattern shall, as far as practicable, respect and ensure
the
security of
tenure and seniority rights of affected government employees, as
clarified
in Sections 5, 6, and 7 of this
Rule.
SEC. 5. Holdover Capacity
in Respective Duties and Responsibilities. - A position is composed
of a set of
duties and responsibilities. Thus even if the title of said position is
changed or the salary therefor is upgraded,
the absorbed personnel who is performing the duties and
responsibilities
shall continue to holdsuch position and receive
the appropriate upgraded salary of said retitled position, in a
holdover
capacity.
SEC. 6. Respecting and Insuring
Security of Tenure. - As long as the duties and responsibilities of his
position are needed by the
TESDA,
the absorbed personnel concerned shall not be forced to resign and
be dismissed without just
cause
and without due process. If new and higher positions are created, the
absorbed personnel who
meets
the qualification standards of the new position shall be given
preference
in the filling up of said position.
SEC. 7. Respecting Seniority
Rights. - In filling up new positions, there shall be an open
competition
among the absorbed
personnel
taking into consideration their qualifications, performance and
eligibility.
If the absorbed personnel
has
to be retired under the provision of the next succeeding section, it is
understood that his other
previous
service in the government shall be included or considered in the
computation of his
retirement
benefits.
SEC. 8. Separation or
Retirement Benefits. - Those personnel whose positions are not
included
in thenew staffing pattern
approved
by the TESDA Board or who are not reappointed or who choose to beseparated as a result of
the reorganization shall be paid their separation or retirement
benefits
under existing
laws.
SEC. 9. Consultation with
Commission on Higher Education and the Appropriate Department of BasicEducation. - Upon the
consultation
of the TESDA Board, the TESDA may work out with the Commission on
Higher
Education and the appropriate Department for Basic Education a system
of
cooperation and program management with respect to educational
institutions
offering basic tertiary and post secondary programs paying special
attention
to delineation of programs, functions, responsibilities, personnel and
facilities.
SEC. 10. Existing Policies
and Projects in Force Until Revoked. - All policies and projects
of
the agenciesreplaced
and absorbed by the TESDA involving technical education and skills
development
programs shall remain in force unless or until modified or revoked by
these
Rules or by the TESDA.
SEC.11. Permits and Certificates.
- All permits and certificates of recognition issued by the agencies
replaced and absorbed by
the
TESDA prior to these Rules affecting technical education and skills
development shall continue
to
be in force and in effect. However, further action on such permits and
certificates shall
henceforth
be undertaken by the TESDA.
SEC.12. Separability Clause.
- If any provision of these Rules is held invalid or unconstitutional,
any other
provision not so affected shall continue to be valid and effective.
SEC. 13. Repealing Clause.
- Any law, presidential decree, executive order, letter of
instruction,
and its rules and regulations, or any part thereof, which is
inconsistent
with any of the provisions of the Act and these Rules is hereby
repealed
or amended accordingly.
SEC.14. Effectivity Clause.
- These Rules shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication
in the Official
Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation.
SEC.15. Issuances on Policies
and Guidelines After Effectivity of the Rules. - The TESDA Board shall,
after due consultations
are
required by Section8, paragraph 1 of the Act, promulgate from time to
time
issuances on policies and
guidelines
for the effective implementation of these Rules and Regulations.
Done in Manila, Republic
of the Philippines, this 18th day of January 1995.
GOVERNMENT SECTOR
(SGD.) MA. NIEVES
R.
CONFESOR
Chairperson
Secretary of Labor
and Employment
Secretary of
Education,
Culture and
Sports
(SGD.) ROBERTO S. SEBASTIAN
Member
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Interior
&
LocalGovernment
(SGD.) RICARDO T.
GLORIA
Co-Chairperson
(SGD.) RAFAEL M. ALUNAN
Member
(SGD.) RIZALINO
S.
NAVARRO
Co-Chairperson
Secretary of Trade
and Industry
EMPLOYER/INDUSTRY SECTOR
(SGD.) JOSELITO
S.
SANDEJAS, JR.
Member
(SGD.) ZENAIDA G. GORDON
Member
LABOR SECTOR
(SGD.) ISIDRO
ANTONIO
C. ASPER
Member
(SGD.) CONCEPCION G.
FLORES-DODD
Member
IBARRA A. MALONZO
Member
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
AND TRAINING SECTOR
(SGD.) FR.
PRECIOSIO
D. CANTILLAS
Member
(SGD.) DR. TERESITA U.
QUIRINO
Member
The foregoing Implementing
Rules and Regulations of the TESDA Act of 1994 was published on
February
13, 1995 in The Philippine Star.
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