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EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 733 - LINKING
FORMAL AND NON-FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEMS THROUGH AN
EXPANDED ACCREDITATION AND EQUIVALENCY PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the vital role of youth in
nation building is enshrined in the Constitution and every effort is
being exerted by the New Republic to insure a satisfactory quality of
life for the youth through sustained, coordinated and nationwide
implementation and enforcement of the Child and Youth Welfare Code, and
through the National Plan of Action for the Development of Children and
Youth;
WHEREAS, these nation-wide programs which will be fully operational
during the coming decade, are intended to transform right into
operational services and to make social justice, equal protection of
laws, and the right to a decent standard of living, realities in the
daily lives of the children and youth;
WHEREAS, the working youth and those outside of the school system
should not only be assured of protection against exploitation, but
should be given assistance in finding skills enrichment employment and
channels to community involvement and participation;
WHEREAS, knowledge, skills and the proper attitudes and habits are not
only acquired in structured and formalized systems of learning, but
also in on-going non-formal and informal training.
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Education and Culture in line with
Presidential Decree No. 6-A is mandated to align the educational system
with the objectives of the National Development Plan and pursuant to
P.D. 1139, to provide non-formal education to the youth.
WHEREAS, the National Educational Testing Center had been directed to
implement said program through an accreditation and equivalency scheme.
WHEREAS, the National Manpower and Youth Council has been mandated by
Presidential Decree No. 442 as amended to train the out-of-school youth
in employable skills, and to establish skills standards through trade
certification;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Labor and Employment pursuant to Presidential
Decree No. 442 as amended is mandated to train the youth through the
apprenticeship and learnership program;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Agriculture through the Anak Bukid program
aims to provide agricultural training for gainful employment most
particularly to the out-of-school youth in the rural areas;
WHEREAS, the Ministry of Social Services and Development through its
Integrated Human Resources Development Program aims to promote the
development of the youth, particularly the needy and the disadvantaged
along social economic, physical, intellectual and spiritual aspects and
enable them to fully realize their human potentials and thus become
self-reliant, economically productive and socially responsible citizens
able to contribute to the development of the family and the community;
WHEREAS, the Kabataang Barangay under Presidential Decree No. 684 had
defined the role of the youth and through its Batarisan Program under
Letter of Instructions No. 640 a large number of out-of-school youths
have acquired skills and found employment;
WHEREAS, private industries on their own are also non-formally and
informally training the youth in specific job skills;
WHEREAS, these are other government agencies and instrumentalities that
are engaged in Human Resource Development Program including private
institutions and civic organizations;
WHEREAS, it becomes necessary that all these efforts should be
integrated and coordinated and for the attainment of its objective
National Equivalencies and Trade Standards should be established to
implement pertinent provisions of Presidential Decree Nos. 6-A, 1139,
442, 684 and Letter of Instructions No. 640, as above mentioned.
WHEREAS, the youth, as ultimate beneficiaries of these programs should
be given the opportunity to participate significantly in policy making;
NOW, THEREFORE I, FERDINAND E. MARCOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by the Constitution,
do hereby order and ordain:
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Private individuals, entities and other institutions are enjoined to
extend full support and cooperation for the accomplishment of the goals
and objectives of the Accreditation and Equivalency Program.
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Done in the City of Manila,
this 21st day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred
and eighty-eight.
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