This document establishes the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to manage and oversee technical education and skills training in the Philippines. It was created in response to recommendations from the 1990 Education Commission which found that education was underfunded and mismanaged, and there was a mismatch between industry needs and the supply of trained workers. TESDA aims to promote quality technical education programs, focus on meeting the needs for middle-level skilled workers, and recognize both public and private institutions' complementary roles in technical education.

1. REPUBLIC ACT NO. 7796
AN ACT CREATING THE TECHNICAL
EDUCATION AND SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, PROVIDING
FOR ITS POWERS, STRUCTURE AND
FOR OTHER PURPOSES

2. “This book of the law shall not depart out of
thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein
day and night, that thou mayest observe to
do according to all that is written therein: for
then thou shalt make thy way prosperous,
and then thou shalt have good success.”
Joshua 1:8 (KJV)

3. EDUCATION COMMISSION
In 1990, Congress passed Joint Resolution
No.2 creating the Education Commission. The
EDCOM was co-chaired by Senator Edgardo
Angara in the Senate and Congressman
Carlos Padilla in the House
FINDINGS:
Education was under financed
Education was mismanaged
There was a mismatch between industry
needs and supply of trained manpower

4. EDCOM RECOMMENDATIONS
Trifocalization of the management of the three
levels of education, namely:
Basic Education - DECS
Post-Secondary Non-Degree - TESDA
(middle-level manpower)
Higher Education - CHED

5. EDCOM RECOMMENDATIONS
NMYC
National Manpower
and Youth Council
non-formal center and
community-based
BTVE-DECS
Bureau of Technical
Vocational Education
formal school-based
Apprenticeship
Program-DOLE
workplace-based
TESDA
Technical Education
and Skills Development
Authority
focused on the development
of MIDDLE-LEVEL
MANPOWER

6. SECTION 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;

7. SECTION 3. Statement of Goals
and Objectives.
• 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

8. SECTION 3. Statement of Goals
and Objectives.
• e) Inculcate desirable values through the
development of moral character with
emphasis on work ethic, self-discipline,
self-reliance and nationalism.

9. Talents aregivenat birth. But
skills aredevelopedonlydue
to hours of efforts.
- Will Smith

10. Talents aregivenat birth. But
skills aredevelopedonlydue
to hours of efforts.
- Will Smith