EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 82 -
ESTABLISHING THE NATIONAL TRAINING CENTER FOR TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND
STAFF DEVELOPMENT (NTCTESD) IN THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, CULTURE AND
SPORTS
WHEREAS, it is the declared policy of the
State to give priority to technical and vocational education and
training;
WHEREAS, to carry out this policy, two projects were undertaken,
namely;
a.
a technical and vocational education project under the DECS-ADB Loan
Agreement in 1981; and
b. The
Philippines-Australia Technical and Vocational Education Project
(PATVEP).
WHEREAS, the government agency tasked to implement these projects is
the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS);
WHEREAS, it is necessary that to effectively implement these projects
and pursuant to the provisions in the agreement with the foreign
governments involved in the project, a National Training Center for
Technical Education and Staff Development (NTCTESD) shall be
established under the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports;
WHEREAS, Sec. 2, Chapter 1, Title 6, Book IV of the Administrative
Code of 1987 mandates the Department of Education, Culture and Sports
to be “primarily responsible for the formulation, planning,
implementation and coordination of the policies, plans, programs,
implementations and coordination of the policies, plans, programs and
projects in the areas of formal and non-formal education at all
levels”; assisted projects.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Republic of the
Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby
order:
Section 1. Creation of the Training Center. — There
shall be established a National Training Center for Technical Education
and Staff Development (NTCTESD) which shall carry out the following
objectives:
1.
To upgrade Technical and Vocational education in the Philippines by
effecting changes and accelerate improvement in staff development,
curriculum revision for technicians, education facilities and research.
2. To develop
and provide comprehensive in-service training programs for
technological education at the graduate and post-graduate levels.
3. To upgrade
in-service teacher education in curriculum development, instructional
materials development, research and development in technical and
vocational education and training, educational equipment development,
production and maintenance.
4. To carry
out and implement the following:
a.
In-service Teacher Training programs (skills upgrading);
b. Management Training and other Staff Development
courses;
c. Learning resources development; and
d. short upgrading courses for administrators.
Sec. 2. Site and Facilities. — The Center shall be
located and situated at the Marikina Institute of Science and
Technology (“MIST”) at Marikina, Metro Manila. The facilities, premises
and services of MIST shall be availed of by this Training Center, as
may be directed by the Secretary of Education.
Sec. 3. Training Center Management Committee. —
The training Center shall have a governing body to be composed of:
(a)
the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports; as Chairman;
(b) the
Director, BTVE;
(c) a Regional
Director from DECS to be designated by the Secretary of Education,
Culture and Sports; and
(d) one
representative from the industry to be appointed by the Secretary of
Education, Culture and Sports, as Members.
In the event that the Secretary
cannot attend the meeting of the Committee, an Undersecretary shall be
designated to represent him. The Committee can also require the
attendance in any of its meetings and whenever necessary, of the
following:
a.
Center Director, NTCTESD;
b. Any
Regional Director or official of DECS;
c.
Superintendent representative of TEI of SAT’s;
d. G.O.P.
Project Manager and/or Team Leader or any foreign-assisted project
based at the Center; and
e. Director of
EDIPTAF.
The Management Committee shall
have the following powers and functions:
1.
Formulate policies necessary for the attainment of the purposes and
objectives of the Training Center and exercise all powers and functions
to implement these policies;
2. Adopt and
promulgate rules and regulations governing the Training Center;
3. Control
over the disbursement of the Training Center’s budget and appropriation
item, in accordance with law;
4. Approve
short and long-term development programs and plans recommended by the
Training Center Director, as well as working arrangements and/or
linkages with TEI or SAT’s: and
5. Exercise
such powers and perform such functions as may be required under
existing laws, rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of the
Executive Order or as may be directed by the Secretary of Education,
Culture and Sports.
Sec. 4. Center Director. — The Center shall have a
Director, who shall be appointed by the Secretary of Education, Culture
and Sports and shall have the authority and responsibility to undertake
the management and operation of the Center.
Sec. 5. Technical and Staff Support. — The
Department of Education, Culture and Sports shall provide technical and
staff support to the Training Center.
Sec. 6. Funding. — The funds necessary for the
initial implementation of this Order shall be charged against the
Contingent Fund authorized under Republic Act No. 7645, also known as
the 1993 General Appropriations Act. Thereafter, such sums as may be
included for the continued implementation of this Order shall be
included in the annual General Appropriations Act.
Sec. 7. Implementing Authority. — The Secretary of
Education, Culture and Sports shall promulgate such rules, regulations
and other issuances as may be necessary to ensure the efficient and
effective implementation of this Executive Order.
Sec. 8. Effectivity. — This Executive Order shall
take effect immediately.
DONE in the City of Manila,
this 15th day of April in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and
Ninety-Three.
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