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earnings for its own use, subject to guidelines

promulgated by the Authority;

10) allocate resources, based on the Secretariat's

recommendations, for the programs and projects

it shall undertake pursuant to 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; and

13)

perform

such

other

duties

and

functions

necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act

consistent with the purposes of the creation of

TESDA.

SECTION 9. Power to Review and Recommend

Action . — The Authority shall review and recommend

action to concerned authorities on proposed technical

assistance

programs

and

grants-in-aid

for

technical

education or 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.

SECTION 10. The TESDA Secretariat . — There is

hereby

created

a

Technical

Education

and

Skills

Development Authority Secretariat which shall have the

following functions and responsibilities:

a)

to establish and maintain a planning process and

formulate a national technical education and

skills

development

plan

in

which

the

member-agencies and other concerned entities

of the Authority at various levels participate;

b)

to

provide

analytical

inputs

to

policy

decision-making of the Authority on allocation of

resources

and

institutional

roles

and

responsibilities as shall be embodied in annual

agencies

technical

education

and

skills

development

plans,

in

accordance

with

the

manpower plan for middle-level skilled workers

as approved by the Authority;

c)

to recommend measures, and implement the

same upon approval by the Authority, for the

effective and efficient implementation of the

national

technical

education

and

skills

development plan;

d)

to propose to the Authority the specific allocation

of resources for the programs and projects it shall

undertake

pursuant

to

approved

national

technical education and skills development plan;

e)

to submit to the Authority periodic reports on the

progress and accomplishment of work programs

of

implementation

of

plans

and

policies

for

technical educational and skills development;

f)

to

prepare

for approval by the Authority an

annual

report

to

the

President

on technical

education and skills development;

g)

to implement and administer the apprenticeship

program as provided for in Section 18 of this Act;

h)

to prepare and implement upon approval by the

Authority a program for the training of trainers,

supervisors, planners and managers as provided

for in Section 23 of this Act;

i)

to enter into agreement to implement approved

plans and programs and perform activities as

shall implement the declared policy of this Act;

and

j)

to perform such other functions and duties as

may be assigned by the Board.

SECTION

11.

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 be appointed by the President of

the Philippines and 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.

SECTION

12.

Deputy

Director-General .

—

The

Director-General shall be assisted by two (2) Deputy

Directors-General to be appointed by the President of the

Philippines on recommendation of the TESDA Board. 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.

SECTION 13. 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 to be appointed by the TESDA Board.

SECTION

14.

Structural

Organization

and

Personnel . — The TESDA Secretariat, in addition to the

offices of the Director-General, Deputy Director-General

and

Chief

of

Services

for

Administration

shall

be

composed of the following offices to be headed by an

Executive

Director

to

be

appointed

by

the

Director-General

and

shall

have

the

rank

and

emoluments of Director IV.

a) Planning Office (PO) — The Planning Office shall

be under the Office of the Deputy Director-General and

shall have the following functions:

1) to 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;

2)

to

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;

3) to conduct researches, studies and develop

information systems for effective and efficient

planning

and

policy-making

within

the

sector;

4) to develop and implement programs and

projects

aimed

at

building

up

planning

capabilities of various institutions within the

sector; and dctai

5) to perform such other powers and functions as

may be authorized by the Authority.

b) Skills Standards and Certification Office (SSCO) . —

The Skills Standards and Certification Office shall be

under the office of the Deputy Director-General and shall

have the following functions:

1) to develop and establish a national system of

skills

standardization,

testing

and

certification in the country;

2) to design, innovate and adopt processes and

methodologies whereby industry groups and

workers' guilds take note 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;

3)

to

establish

and

implement

a

system

of

accrediting

private

enterprises,

workers'

associations

and

guilds

and

public

institutions to serve as skills testing venues;

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