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LABOR LAWS AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION SPECIAL LAWS AND IMPLEMENTING RULES AND REGULATIONS

consultants, and private organizations for research work

and publication in the field of technical education and

skills development. It shall avail itself of the services of

other agencies of the Government as may be required.

SECTION

18.

Transfer

of

the

Apprenticeship

Program . — The Apprenticeship Program of the Bureau

of Local Employment of the Department of Labor and

Employment shall be transferred to the Authority which

shall

implement

and

administer

said

program

in

accordance with existing laws, rules and regulations.

SECTION

19.

Technical

Education

and

Skills

Development

Committees .

—

The

Authority

shall

establish Technical Education and Skills Development

Committees at the regional and local levels to coordinate

and

monitor

the

delivery

of

all

skills

development

activities

by

the

public

and

private

sectors.

These

committees

shall

likewise

serve

as

the

Technical

Education and Skills Development Committees of the

Regional

and

local

development

councils.

The

composition

of

the

Technical

Education

and

Skills

Development Committees shall be determined by the

Director-General

subject

to

the

guidelines

to

be

promulgated by the Authority.

SECTION 20. Skills Development Centers . — The

Authority

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 institutes,

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 Authority in

accordance with the National Technical Education and

Skills Development Plan.

SECTION

21.

Formulation

of

a

Comprehensive

Development Plan for Middle-Level Manpower . — The

Authority 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. This plan

shall,

after

adoption

by

the

Authority,

be

updated

periodically

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. The Authority shall direct the TESDA

Secretariat to call on its member-agencies, the private

sector and the academe to assist in this effort.

The comprehensive plan shall provide for a reformed

industry-based

training

program

including

apprenticeship, dual training system and other similar

schemes intended to:

a) promote maximum protection and welfare of the

worker-trainee;

b) improve the quality and relevance and social

accountability

of

technical

education and

skills development;

c) accelerate the employment-generation efforts of

the government; and

d) expand the range of opportunities for upward

social mobility of the school-going population

beyond the traditional higher levels of formal

education.

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 plan in line with the national technical

education and skills development plan. The budget to

support

such

plans

shall

be subject to review and

endorsement by the Authority to the Department of

Budget and Management.

The

Authority

shall

evaluate

the

efficiency

and

effectiveness of agencies skills development programs

and

schemes

to

make

them

conform

with

the

quantitative and qualitative objectives of the national

technical education and skills development plan.

SECTION 22. Establishment and Administration of

National

Trade Skills Standards . — There shall be

national occupational skills standards to be established

by TESDA-accredited industry committees. The Authority

shall

develop

and

implement

a

certification

and

accreditation program in which private industry 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

Authority.

The

Secretary

of

Labor

and

Employment

shall

determine

the

occupational

trades

for

mandatory

certification.

All certificates relating to the national trade skills

testing and certification system shall be issued by the

Authority through the TESDA Secretariat.

SECTION 23. Administration of Training Programs .

— The Authority 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. Such training programs and

schemes shall include teacher's trainors' training, 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.

SECTION

24.

Assistance

to

Employers

and

Organizations . — The Authority shall assist any employer

or

organization

engaged

in

skills

training

schemes

designed

to

attain

its

objectives

under

rules

and

regulations which the Authority shall establish for this

purpose.

SECTION 25. 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 this Act shall be

coordinated with the Authority 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 Authority

which shall assess and evaluate such programs to ensure

their efficiency and effectiveness.

SECTION 26. Industry Boards . — The Authority 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 Authority's objectives.

SECTION 27. Incentives Schemes . — The Authority

shall

develop

and

administer

appropriate

incentives

schemes

to

encourage

government

and

private

industries

and

institutions

to

provide

high-quality

technical

education

and

skills

development

opportunities.

SECTION 28. Skills Development Opportunities . —

The Authority 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

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