QuestionsQuestions (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 733)
It links formal and non-formal education and training through an expanded accreditation and equivalency program by recognizing skills, knowledge, and experience gained outside formal schooling, and by establishing national equivalencies and trade standards.
They include: (1) Chairman of Kabataang Barangay (Chairman), (2) Minister of Education and Culture and Sports, (3) Minister of Labor and Employment, (4) Director General of National Manpower and Youth Council, (5) Minister of Social Services and Development, (6) Minister of Agriculture, and (7) Executive Director of National Educational Testing Center.
It must: (1) formulate policies and guidelines for the National Accreditation and Equivalency Program, (2) initiate a climate in the labor force encouraging individual workers to develop themselves, and (3) formulate guidelines for member institutions on implementing sectoral accreditation policies.
NETC must: (1) establish an accreditation and equivalency scheme through examination/assessment to link non-formal and formal education by accrediting skills/knowledge/experience gained non-formally, (2) administer the Philippine Educational Placement Test and other tests for accrediting academic achievement earned outside school and granting formal equivalency, (3) conduct continuous research follow-ups of school leavers/participants, and (4) identify deserving recipients of scholarship grants or financial assistance.
The Philippine Educational Placement Test.
It authorizes accreditation through examination and other assessment procedures that recognize skills, knowledge, and experience acquired through non-formal or informal means and can lead to formal education equivalency (via NETC) and trade skill accreditation/certification (via NMYC).
It requires NMYC to establish an accreditation and equivalency scheme through trade skills testing and certification linking non-formal and formal systems by accrediting skills/experience gained formally and non-formally, and to include National Occupational Standards in National Trade Skills Standardization.
Article 48 of the New Labor Code.
After establishing national trade skill standards in consultation with employers/workers organizations and appropriate government authorities, it administers those standards.
The Board may call upon any ministry, bureau, agency, or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations, for assistance needed to attain its objectives.
Private individuals, entities, and other institutions are enjoined to extend full support and cooperation for the goals and objectives of the program.
The Ministry of the Budget is authorized to release annually to the NETC through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) taken from the testing collections of the Ministry deposited in the National Treasury. Other member agencies contribute P200,000.00 each from their respective budgetary allocations, pooled for accreditation and equivalency purposes as determined by the Board.
They shall be applied for purposes of accreditation and equivalency as may be determined by the Board.
It takes effect immediately.
It justifies granting NETC expanded functions to accredit learning gained outside formal school and thereby broaden access to education and equivalency opportunities for youth and non-school participants.
It references Presidential Decree No. 6-A, P.D. 1139, P.D. 442 (as amended), P.D. 684, Letter of Instructions No. 640, and Presidential Decree No. 6-A/1139/442/684/LOI 640 are tied to non-formal education, manpower/training, youth programs, and related objectives.