Section 75Sec./Art. 75

Jurisdiction over Maritime Education. - Consistent with Republic Act No. 10635, otherwise known as "An Act Establishing the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) as the Single Maritime Administration Responsible for the Implementation and Enforcement of the 1978 International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Wathckeeping for Seafarers, as Amended, and International Agreements or Covenants Related Thereto", MARINA shall have jurisdiction over maritime education. In consultation with the CHEd, it shall:

(a) Ensure the quality, standard, and competence of maritime students and graduate;

(b) Adopt and implement appropriate academic and training standards, including required learning facilities;

(c) Accredit, regulate, and monitor maritime education institutions offering maritime degree programs or technical courses;

(d) Close, phase-out, or revoke the license or accreditation of substandard maritime education institutions, or specific degree programs, courses, or training;

(e) Enhance the capacity of MHEIs to develop both international and domestic maritime degree programs;

(f) Ensure that the curriculum of the MHEIs offering international maritime degrees comply with standards set forth in the STCW Convention and all other applicable maritime and labor conventions, taking into accounts the IMO model courses;

(g) Accredit, regulate, and monitor maritime training institutions;

(h) Approve non-degree maritime courses developed by maritime education or training institutions or the TESDA;

(i) Create a mechanism for the ladderization of both international and domestic maritime degree programs, and non-degree maritime courses developed by the TESDA; and

(j) Regulate the fees charged by maritime educational institutions, and consistent with Section 83 of this Act, regulate the fees charged by maritime training institutions.