Section 10Sec./Art. 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: