Executive Order No. 733 (1981) — 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;

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Executive Order No. 733 (1981)

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;

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Sec. 1 · Creation of Accreditation and Equivalency Board Sec. 2 · Functions of the Board Sec. 3 Sec. 4 Sec. 5 · Assistance from other offices Sec. 6 · Funding Sec. 7 · Effectivity

Sec. 1

Creation of Accreditation and Equivalency Board

Sec. 1. Creation of Accreditation and Equivalency Board. There is hereby created an Accreditation and Equivalency Board to be composed of the following:

1. The Chairman of the Kabataang Barangay as - Chairman

2. The Minister of Education and Culture and Sports - Member

3. The Minister of Labor and Employment - Member

4. The Director General of National Manpower and Youth Council - Member

5. The Minister of Social Services and Development - Member

6. The Minister of Agriculture - Member

7. The Executive Director of National Educational Testing Center - Member

Sec. 2

Functions of the Board

Sec. 2. Functions of the Board. the Board shall have the following functions:

1. To formulate policies, and guidelines to achieve the purposes of the National Accreditation and Equivalency Program;

2. To initiate a climate within the labor force which will encourage individual workers to develop themselves; and

3. To formulate guidelines for member institutions in their implementation of sectoral accreditation policies.

Sec. 3

Sec. 3. Expanded Functions of the National Educational Testing Center (NETC) of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. In line with the National policy on democratizing access to education at all levels, the NETC shall have the following expanded functions:

a. To establish an accreditation and equivalency scheme through examination and other assessment procedures to link the non-formal and formal system of education by accrediting skills, knowledge and experience acquired through non-formal means.

b. To administer the Philippine Educational Placement Test and such other tests as may be developed as tools for accrediting academic achievement gained by the youth outside school and conferring on them the corresponding formal education equivalency.

c. To undertake continuous follow up research studies of school leavers/other participants of Accreditation and Equivalency Program (ADP).

d. To identify deserving recipients of scholarship grants or any financial assistance from among the youth desirous of pursuing their education.

Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Expanded Functions of the NMYC in the Administration of the National Trade Skills Standards. Under Article 48 of the New Labor Code, the NMYC is required to establish national trade skill standards in consultation with employers and workers organizations and appropriate government authorities and thereafter to administer the standards. In the pursuance of its objectives, the NMYC shall have the following expanded functions:

a. To establish an, accreditation and equivalency scheme through trade skills testing and certification to link the non-formal and formal systems of education by accrediting skills and experience acquired through formal and non-formal means.

b. To include National Occupational Standards in National Trade Skills Standardization.

Sec. 5

Assistance from other offices

Sec. 5. Assistance from other offices. The Board may call upon any ministry, bureau, agency or instrumentality of the government, including government-owned or controlled corporations for such assistance as may be needed in the attainment of its objectives.

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.

Sec. 6

Funding

Sec. 6. Funding. The Ministry of the Budget is hereby authorized to release annually to the National Educational Testing Center through the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports One Million Pesos (P1,000,000.00) to be taken from the testing collections of said Ministry deposited in the National Treasury. All other member agencies shall contribute Two Hundred Thousand Pesos (P200,000.00) each to be taken from their respective budgetary allocations which shall be thereafter incorporated in their annual allocations. These contributions shall be pooled and shall be applied for purposes of accreditation and equivalency as may be determined by the Board.

Sec. 7

Effectivity

Sec. 7. Effectivity. This Act shall take effect immediately.

Done in the City of Manila, this 21st day of September, in the year of Our Lord, nineteen hundred and eighty-eight.