The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) are the two government agencies that oversee technical-vocational education and training (TVET) and higher education in the Philippines, respectively. TESDA was established through the Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994 to integrate, coordinate and monitor skills development programs. CHED was created by the Higher Education Act of 1994 to promote equitable access to quality higher education and ensure academic freedom. Both agencies are governed by boards and secretariats that implement their mandates to develop human resources through education and training programs.

1. a.2 Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA)
a.3 Commission on Higher Education (CHED)
RHODORAS. ACOSTA
Discussant

2. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA)

3. 1938

7. Republic Act No. 7796
“Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994“
 An Act Creating The Technical Education And Skills
Development Authority, Providing For Its Powers, Structure
And For Other Purposes.
 Signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on August 25,
1994.

8. Republic Act No. 7796
“Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994“
This Act aims to encourage the full participation of and
mobilize the industry, labor, local government units and
technical-vocational institutions in the skills development
of the country's human resources.

9. The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) is the government agency tasked to manage and supervise
technical education and skills development (TESD) in the Philippines.
The said Act integrated the functions of the former National
Manpower and Youth Council (NMYC), the Bureau of Technical-
Vocational Education of the Department of Education, Culture and
Sports (BTVE-DECS) and the Office of Apprenticeship of the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE).
Mandate

10. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to provide relevant,
accessible, high quality and efficient technical education and skills
development in support of the development of high-quality Filipino
middle-level manpower responsive to and in accordance with
Philippine development goals and priorities.
The State shall encourage active participation of various
concerned sectors, particularly private enterprises, being direct
participants in and immediate beneficiaries of a trained and skilled
workforce in providing technical education and skills development
opportunities.

11. SEC. 3. Statement of Goals and Objectives
a) Promote and strengthen the quality of technical education and skills
development programs to attain international competitiveness.
b) Focus technical education and skills development on meeting the changing
demands for quality middle-level manpower;
c) Encourage critical and creative thinking by disseminating the scientific and
technical knowledge base of middle-level manpower development programs;
d) Recognize and encourage the complementary roles of public and private
institutions in technical education and skills development and training systems;
and
e) Inculcate desirably values through the development of moral character with
emphasis on work ethic, self-discipline, self-reliance and nationalism.

12. Vision
The transformational leader in the technical education and
skills development of the Filipino workforce.
Mission
TESDA sets direction, promulgates relevant standards, and
implements programs geared towards quality assured and
inclusive technical education and skills development and
certification system.

13. TESDAis mandated to:
1. Integrate, coordinate and monitor skills development
programs;
2. Restructure efforts to promote and develop middle-level
manpower;
3. Approve skills standards and tests;
4. Develop an accreditation system for institutions involved
in middle-level manpower development;
5. Fund programs and projects for technical education and
skills development; and
6. Assist trainers training programs.

18. SEC. 6. Composition of the Authority
The Authority shall be composed of the TESDA Board and the TESDA
Secretariat.
SEC. 7. Composition of the TESDA Board
The TESDA Board shall be composed of the following:
The Secretary of Labor and Employment
Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports
Secretary of Trade and Industry
Secretary of Agriculture
 Secretary of Interior and Local Government
Director-General of the TESDA Secretariat

19. SEC-11. Director-General
The TESDA Secretariat shall be headed by a Director-General, who shall
likewise be a member of the TESDA Board. The Director-General shall
be appointed by the President of the Philippines and shall enjoy the
benefits, privileges and emoluments equivalent to the rank of
Undersecretary.
SEC. 12. Deputy Directors-General.
The Director-General shall be assisted by two (2) Deputy Directors-
General to be appointed by the President of the Philippines on
recommendation of the TESDA Board. One to be responsible for
Vocational and Technical Education and Training and one to be
responsible for Policies and Planning.

20. SEC. 13. Chief of Services for Administration.
The Director-General shall also be assisted by a Chief of Services for
Administration who shall be a Career Civil Service Official to be
appointed by the TESDA Board.
SEC. 14. Structural Organization and Personnel.
The TESDA Secretariat, in addition to the offices of the Director-
General, Deputy Director-General and Chief of Services for
Administration shall be composed of the following offices to be
headed by an Executive Director to be appointed by the Director-
General and shall have the rank and emoluments of Director IV.

21. SEC. 14. Structural Organization and Personnel.
 Planning Office (PO)
 Skills Standards and Certification Office (SSCO).
 National Institute for Technical Vocational and Education Training
(NITVET)
 Office of Formal Technical Vocational Education and Training (OFFVET).
 Office of the Non-Formal Technical-Vocational Education and Training
(ONFTVET).
 Office of Apprenticeship (OA).
 Regional TESDA Offices.
 Provincial TESDA Offices.

22. (Technical Vocational Education Training)
TVET Programs
1. School BasedProgram- This refers to the direct delivery or
provision of TVET programs by the TESDA-
administered schools. Totaling to 57, 19 are
agricultural schools. 7 are fishery schools and 31
are trade schools. These school-based programs
include post-secondary offerings of varying
duration not exceeding three years.

23. (Technical Vocational Education Training)
TVET Programs
2. Center BasedPrograms- These refer to training provisions
being undertaken in the TESDA Regional (15) and
Provincial (45) Training Centers totaling 60 in selected
trade areas in the different regions and provinces in
the country.

24. (Technical Vocational Education Training)
TVET Programs
3. Community BasedPrograms- is primarily addressed to the
poor and marginal groups, those who cannot access,
or are not accessible by formal training provisions.
They have low skills, limited management abilities, and
have few economic options.

25. (Technical Vocational Education Training)
TVET Programs
4. Enterprise BasedPrograms- are training program being
implemented within companies/firms.
a. ApprenticeshipProgram is a training and employment
program involving a contract between an
apprentice and an employer on an approved
apprentice able occupation.

26. b. Learnership Program is a practical training on-the-job for
approved learnable occupations, for a period not
exceeding three months. Only companies with TESDA
approved and registered learnership programs can hire
learners.
c. Dual Training System is an instructional mode of delivery for
technology-based education and training in which
learning takes place alternately in two venues: the
school or training center and the company.

27. Scholarship Programs Of TESDA
1. Private Education Student Financial Assistance (Section 8 of
Republic Act No. 8545)
2. Special Training for Employment Program
3. Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act
(Republic Act No. 10931)

28. References:
 https://www.tesda.gov.ph/
 https://www.slideshare.net/eilsel221/tesda-39090122
 https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED399379.pdf
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29. Commission On Higher Education
(CHED)

30. Republic Act No. 7722
The Higher Education Act Of 1994.
 An Act Creating The Commission On Higher Education,
Appropriating Funds Therefor And For Other Purposes.
 It was signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on 18
May 1994.
 Authored by Senator Francisco Tatad.

31. Republic Act No. 7722
The Higher Education Act Of 1994.
 This law separates colleges and universities from the
Department of Education providing its own
independence, having the right to practice academic
freedom and exercise such policies granted for its
benefits.

32. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy
The State shall protect, foster and promote the right of all
citizens to affordable quality education at all levels and shall take
appropriate steps to ensure that education shall be accessible to all.
The State shall likewise ensure and protect academic freedom
and shall promote its exercise and observance for the continuing
intellectual growth, the advancement of learning and research, the
development of responsible and effective leadership, the education
of high-level and middle-level professionals, and the enrichment of
our historical and cultural heritage.

33. SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy
State-supported institutions of higher learning shall
gear their programs to national, regional or local
development plans. Finally, all institutions of higher learning
shall exemplify through their physical and natural
surroundings the dignity and beauty of, as well as their pride
in, the intellectual and scholarly life.

34. Vision
Philippine higher education system that is equitable and producing
locally responsive, innovative, and globally competitive graduates
and lifelong learners.
Mission
To promote equitable access and ensure quality and relevance of
higher education institutions and their programs.

35. Mandate
Given the national government’s commitment to transformational leadership
that puts education as the central strategy for investing in the Filipino people,
reducing poverty, and building national competitiveness and pursuant to R.A.
7722, CHED shall:
 Promote relevant and quality higher education;
 Ensure that quality higher education is accessible to all who seek it
particularly those who may not be able to afford it;
 Guarantee and protect academic freedom for continuing intellectual;
growth, advancement of learning and research, development of
responsible and effective leadership, education of high level professionals,
and enrichment of historical and cultural heritages; and
 Commit moral ascendancy that eradicates corrupt practices,
institutionalizes transparency and accountability and encourages
participatory governance in the Commission and sub-sector.

36. SEC. 4. Composition of the Commission.
 The Commission shall be composed of five (5) full-time members.
Thereafter, the President shall appoint a Chairman of the
Commission and four (4) commissioners, who shall be holders of
earned doctorate(s), who have been actively engaged in higher
education for at least ten (10) years and must not have been
candidates for elective positions in the elections immediately
preceding their appointment.

37. SEC. 7. Boardof Advisers
 the Secretary of Education, Culture and Sports, as chairman;
 the Director-General of the National Economic and Development Authority,
as co-chairman;
 the Secretary of Science and Technology;
 the Secretary of Trade and Industry;
 the Secretary of Labor and Employment;
 the President of the Federation of Accrediting Associations of the
Philippines (FAAP); and
 the President of the Fund for Assistance to Private Education (FAPE).
Two (2) additional members of the Board of Advisers may be appointed by the
President upon recommendation of the Commission.

39. Office of the Chairperson and Commissioners
 The Office of the Chairperson (and Commissioners) shall provide overall
policy and operational direction to all CHED Offices.

40. Higher Education Development Fund Staff
 Intended to make CHED more readily responsive to the needs of
its constituencies, especially the higher education institutions and
their development programs, the Higher Education Development
Fund was envisioned to be an autonomous buffer fund that can
support CHED’s fiscal independence and adequacy.

41. International Affairs Staff (IAS)
 is the high-level technical Secretariat that ably assists
the CHED Chairperson in the implementation of
education matters involving other countries and
international education organizations.

42. The Office of the Executive Director
 consists of the Executive Director, the Deputy Executive Director,
and the staff. It serves as head of the Commission Secretariat and
is charged with overseeing the overall implementation and
operations of the CHED Central and Regional Offices.

43. Administrative, Financial andManagement Service
 It provides the core of CHED’s operational service
requirements covering human resource management,
budgetary allocations, accounting and audit procedure,
record-keeping functions, and general services, and is tasked
to effectively provide the critical support system for the
aforementioned operational, financial and administrative
requirements.
1. Budget Division
2. Accounting Division
3. Human Resource Development Division
4. General Service Division

44. Legal and Legislative Service
the Commission’s prime office to provide the range of legal and
legislative services to support its thrust in becoming a world-class
agency fully capable of catapulting the country’s Higher Education
Agenda in the regional and global sphere.
1. Investigation and Enforcement Division
2. Legislative Liaison and Mediation Division

45. Office of Planning, Research andKnowledge Management
 It serves as the Commission’s development planning body and
chief policy formulator in the area of higher education.
1. Planning and Resource Management Division
2. Research Management Division
3. Knowledge Management Division

46. Office of Programs and Standards Development
 Primarily in-charge of the enhancement of program
quality and standards; the development of
corresponding policy guidelines; and the achievement
of transparency, accountability, expediency and
integrity in the formulation and enforcement of PSGs.
1. Programs Development Division
2. Standards Development Division
3. Non-Conventional Higher Education Programs Division

47. Office of Institutional Quality Assurance and Governance
 Focuses on issues of quality assurance, governance
and the coordination of higher education institutions.
1. Quality Assurance Division
2. Institutional Governance Division

48. Office of Student Development andServices
 Primarily mandated to bring about an expanded and
enhanced career and life opportunities for students,
in line with the Constitutional provision on the “vital
role of the youth in nation building; the promotion of
and protection of their physical, moral, spiritual,
intellectual, and social well-being as well as the
inculcation of patriotism, nationalism and
encouragement of their involvement in public and
civic affairs

49. CHED Regional Offices
 The dynamic and empowered frontline organic units
of CHED that adhere to the highest principles of good
governance, accountability, transparency and efficient
service to the stakeholders of higher education.

51. References:
 https://ched.gov.ph/
 https://ched.gov.ph/ched/official-organization-
structure/ched-regional-offices/
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