Adding the TESDA Director General as Additional Member of the Teacher Education Council
Executive Order No. 729, issued on June 4, 2008, adds the Director General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) or a designated representative as an additional member of the Teacher Education Council (TEC). This amendment aims to enhance the integration of the technical-vocational education sector within the overall educational framework, ensuring that technical-vocational teachers are well-trained and possess integrity. The order reflects the government's initiative to synchronize educational efforts and empower the TEC in line with the mandates of prior legislation and executive orders. It will take effect 15 days after publication in a national newspaper.
Law Information
- Reference Number
- Executive Order No. 729
- Date Enacted
- Category
- Presidential Issuances
- Subcategory
- Executive Orders
- Jurisdiction
- Philippines
- Enacting Body
- Congress of the Philippines
Full Law Text
June 4, 2008
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 729
ADDING THE DIRECTOR GENERAL OF THE TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, OR A DULY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE, AS ADDITIONAL MEMBER OF THE TEACHER EDUCATION COUNCIL
WHEREAS, the Presidential Task Force to Assess, Plan and Monitor the Entire Educational System was created pursuant to Executive Order (EO) No. 652 dated August 21, 2007; DIAcTE
WHEREAS, the need to strengthen existing mechanisms to complement the rule of the Presidential Task Force for Education is necessary in synchronizing and harmonizing the entire education system;
WHEREAS, the Teacher Education Council (TEC) was created pursuant to Republic Act (RA) No. 7784, while the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) was created pursuant to RA No. 7796;
WHEREAS, there is a need to include the technical-vocational sector of education to the TEC and to educate and train technical-vocational teachers of unquestionable integrity and competence;
WHEREAS, Section 19, Book III, Title I, Chapter 7 and Section 31, Book III, Title III, Chapter 10 of EO No. 292, otherwise known as the Administrative Code of 1987, recognizes the residual powers and the continuing authority of the President to reorganize.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO, President of the Republic of the Philippines, by virtue of the powers vested in me by law, do hereby reorganize the Teacher Education Council, by adding the Director General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), or his duly designated representative, as member thereof.
All executive orders, rules and regulations and other issuances or parts thereof, which are inconsistent with this Executive Order, are hereby revoked, amended, or modified accordingly.
This Executive Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a national newspaper of general circulation.
DONE in the City of Manila, this 4th day of June in the year of Our Lord, Two Thousand and Eight.
Published in The Manila Times on June 18, 2008.
Cite This Law
Adding the TESDA Director General as Additional Member of the Teacher Education Council, Executive Order No. 729, Jun 4, 2008 (Philippines)
Adding the TESDA Director General as Additional Member of the Teacher Education Council, Executive Order No. 729 (Phil. 2008)
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