Question & AnswerQ&A (IRR of Republic Act No. 11230)
The official title is the Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act No. 11230 or the "Tulong Trabaho Act."
The Act aims to strengthen the qualifications of the Filipino workforce, provide innovative Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) approaches, facilitate access to quality TVET, and encourage industry and community participation to develop a more competitive Filipino workforce.
Qualified recipients include any person at least fifteen (15) years old who is not employed, not in education, and not in training (NEET), as well as employed workers intending to develop and expand their current skills and trainings. Existing workers currently trained by their employers are excluded.
STPs are specific TVET programs eligible for funding under the Tulong-Trabaho Fund. They are determined by TESDA Secretariat recommendations, taking into account labor market intelligence reports, employment opportunities, skills matching data, roadmaps from industry and government, and other relevant studies.
Recognized training modalities include school-based, center-based, community-based, enterprise-based, and web-based programs.
The Fund covers full training fees for STPs, transportation allowance, laboratory fees, assessment and certification fees, costs for issuance of National Certificates or Certificates of Competency, learning materials, insurance of trainees, and other administrative requirements.
The TESDA Board promulgates policies and guidelines, approves STPs, manages donations and the Fund, monitors and evaluates program performance and schools, provides beneficiary guidelines, releases lists of STPs, and issues annual reports on the Fund utilization.
The TESDA Secretariat recommends STPs for approval, assesses recipients, updates qualification lists, develops program modalities, creates public registries of schools and recipients, ensures quality standards, and facilitates engagement with industries and local governments.
The Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on Tulong Trabaho is composed of members from the House and Senate committees on education and labor. Its purpose is to monitor and review the Act's implementation and Fund disbursements.
The invalidity or unconstitutionality of any provision does not affect the remainder of the IRR, which remains valid and subsisting.