Question & AnswerQ&A (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 940)
The major partners are the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS).
The main objectives include integrating and coordinating vocational/technical education and training development, optimizing the use of limited funds from foreign-assisted projects, maximizing the use of training tools and facilities through sharing, ensuring availability and development of qualified trainers and teachers, and upgrading the quality of vocational/technical education through national standards and modules.
The Advisory Board is composed of the Minister of Education, Culture and Sports as ex-officio chairman, the Chairman of the National Manpower and Youth Council as ex-officio co-chairman, the Presidents of vocational/technical state colleges and universities, the Chairman of the Advisory Committee NMYC-WB Vocational Training Project, and the Executive Director of the PDIMO/MECS.
The Executive Committee directs the implementation of policies for the VOCTECH Network. It is chaired by the Chairman of the Advisory Committee, NMYC-WB Vocational Training Project and includes the Executive Director of PDIMO-MECS, the Director General of the NMYC, and the Director of the Bureau of Technical Vocational Education of MECS as members.
The Secretariat is headed by the Project Director of the NMYC-WB Vocational Training Project as Secretary General, assisted by the Project Manager of MECS-ADB Technical and Vocational Education Project. It plans and implements the policies and programs of the Network and organizes regional networks and various program committees.
The Executive Committee may call upon any government entity for assistance as required in the pursuit of the Network’s objectives.
Funds to support the activities of the VOCTECH Network shall be made available by the National Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC) and the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (MECS).
No, EO No. 940 establishes the VOCTECH Network as a voluntary and cooperative network of vocational/technical education institutions and manpower training centers.
Executive Order No. 940 took effect immediately upon its signing on March 2, 1984.