Declaring 21 to 28 October 1996 and for Every Year Thereafter as Dual Training System (DTS) Week

October 22, 1996 REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 50-96 SUBJECT : Declaring 21 to 28 October 1996 and for Every Year Thereafter as Dual Training System (DTS) Week TO : All Revenue Officials and Employees and Others Concerned For the information and guidance of all revenue officials and employees, quoted hereunder is Proclamation No. 884 by the President of the Philippines dated September 24, 1996. "WHEREAS, the Dual Training System (DTS) has been institutionalized as an instructional delivery system of technical education an vocational training under Republic Act No. 7686; "WHEREAS, the DTS combines in-plant training, in-school and in-center training based on a training plan jointly designed by the educational and industrial sectors; WHEREAS, it is imperative to deepen the knowledge of Local Government Units (LGUs), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Education, Culture and Sport (DECS), Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Finance (DOF) with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), towards fully implementing and fast-tracking the dual training system as the preferred mode of skills development; WHEREAS, it is necessary to take steps to institutionalize a multi-sectoral implementation of a comprehensive competency-based system delivered through the dual training system. WHEREAS, it is necessary to take steps to institutionalize a multi-sectoral implementation of a comprehensive competency-based system delivered through the dual training system. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare October 21-28, 1996, and for every year thereafter as Dual Training System (DTS) Week under the auspices of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). I hereby issue a general call for support of the private sector, particularly of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), the Dual System Chamber of Industry (DSCI), the Governors and Mayors League of the Philippines, the Dual Tech Training Center Foundation, Inc. (DTTCFI), the National Federation of Student Councils and private and public technical-vocational schools/centers sector to work actively with the TESDA Board to ensure the successful conduct of the National Congress on DTS and implementation of the Dual Training System. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. DONE in the City of Manila, this 25th day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six. (Sgd.) FIDEL V. RAMOS By the President: (Sgd.) RUBEN D. TORRES Executive Secretary" All revenue officials and employees are enjoined to give this circular as wide a publicity as possible. LIWAYWAY VINZONS-CHATO Commissioner of Internal Revenue PROCLAMATION NO. 884 DECLARING 21 TO 28 OCTOBER 1996 AND FOR EVERY YEAR THEREAFTER AS DUAL TRAINING SYSTEM (DTS) WEEK WHEREAS, the Dual Training System (DTS) has been institutionalized as an instructional delivery system of technical education and vocational training under Republic Act No. 7686; WHEREAS, the DTS combines in-plant training, in-school and in-center training based on a training plan jointly designed by the educational and industrial sectors; WHEREAS, it is imperative to deepen the knowledge of Local Government Units (LGUs), the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the Department of Education, Culture and Sports (DECS), Professional Regulations Commission (PRC), the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the Department of Finance (DOF) with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the Department of Budget and Management (DBM), towards fully implementing and fast-tracking the dual training systems as the preferred mode of skills development. WHEREAS, it is necessary to take steps to institutionalize a multi-sectoral implementation of a comprehensive competency-based system delivered through the dual training system. NOW, THEREFORE, I, FIDEL V. RAMOS, President of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby declare October 21-28, 1996 and for every year thereafter as Dual Training System (DTS) Week under the auspices of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). I hereby issue a general call for support of the private sector, particularly of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI), the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP), the Federation of Free Workers (FFW), the Dual System Chamber of Industry (DSCI), the Governors and Mayors League of the Philippines, the Dual Tech Training Center Foundation, Inc. (DTTCFI), the National Federation of Student Councils and private and public technical-vocational schools/centers sector to work actively with the TESDA Board to ensure the successful conduct of the National Congress on DTS and implementation of the Dual Training System. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the Republic of the Philippines to be affixed. DONE, in the City of Manila, this 24th day of September in the year of Our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Ninety-Six.