Experts Meeting on Competence Building in APACC Accreditation

Korea University of Technology and Education, Republic of Korea 25 - 29 June 2007

Action Plan

PROPONENT:

Mr. Elpidio D. Mamaril, Jr.

Chief TESD Specialist TESDA, Philippines

Mr. Francisco Jucar, Jr.

OIC-Regional Director TESDA Region IV-A

TITLE:

Implementation Plan on Accreditation Under the Unified Technical Vocational Education and Training Program Registration and Accreditation System (UTPRAS)

COUNTRY:
I. INTRODUCTION

Philippines

TESDA is empowered to establish and administer a system of accreditation of both public and private institutions consistent with Republic Act No. 7796. In response to this mandate, the TESDA Board, the policy making body of TESDA has approved the Implementing Guidelines on the Recognition of Third Party Accrediting Bodies, so that recognized accrediting bodies by TESDA shall perform the following functions:

1. upgrade the standards and procedures and criteria for accreditation;

2. establish procedures for addressing complaints by TVET institutions regarding procedures and processes of program accreditation; 3. maintain valid and reliable data management and analysis system; 4. submit periodic report to TESDA on its operations especially on programs accredited; and 5. certify to TESDA the accreditation status of programs accredited. APACC is committed to upgrade the quality of TVET in the Asia Pacific region through the accreditation of programs/institutions using the accreditation criteria it has developed which complements the national strategy on recognizing accrediting bodies in TVET to do the accreditation in UTPRAS. The initial step is for APACC to get recognition from TESDA which will add an international dimension to the accreditation of TVET programs in the country. II. THE APACC ACCREDITATION AND CERTIFICATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS YEAR I July 2007 June 2008 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT Key Persons Involved List and Detailed Addresses of Target Institutions for Accreditation

Corporate documents and technical documents

Recognition of APACC

APACC recognized by TESDA as third party accrediting body

Application status

APACC complies with the requirements of recognition set by TESDA

e-information on APACC on its Website and on the eTESDA portal Completion of

APACC Accreditation advocacy

TVET providers institutions aware of APACC Institutions granted

Number of institutions that inquired about APACC accreditation Application status of

APACC gets recognition as third party accrediting body by TESDA That the identified

TESDA accreditation Panel and Secretariat in consultation with APACC Director and National Coordinator for Accreditation APACC Director, NCA and TESDA Web administrator APACC Director, Marikina Polytechnic

Accreditation of identified

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS application, TVET self-survey institutions and other accreditation requirements

YEAR I July 2007 June 2008 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT candidate identified institutions status institutions will voluntary apply for accreditation (candidate status)

Key Persons Involved APACC accreditation team & NCA

List and Detailed Addresses of College, Sta. Elena St., Marikina City. Southern Isabela College of Arts and Trades, Calaoacan, Santiago City, Isabela Quezon National Agricultural School, Malicboy, Pagbilao, Quezon

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS

YEAR II July 2008 June 2009 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT

Key Persons Involved

List and Detailed Addresse s of Target Institution s for Accreditati on

Web-based development

Online application for accreditation by interested institutions

Online facility for accreditation can be availed by interested TVET institutions Two (2) institutions initially identified in year 1 granted level 1 status

Tracking of online applicants through the administration database

Document s completion for level 1 accreditation

Accreditation for Level 1 status

Application status of identified institutions

That interested institutions will use the online application facility provided by APACC. That the identified institutions will voluntary apply for level 1 accreditation.

APACC Director and NCA

APACC Director, APACC accreditation team & NCA

Marikina Polytechni c College, Sta. Elena St., Marikina City. Southern Isabela College of Arts and Trades, Calaoaca n,

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS

YEAR II July 2008 June 2009 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT

Key Persons Involved

List and Detailed Addresse Santiago City, Isabela Quezon National Agricultur al School, Malicboy, Pagbilao, Quezon Balicuatro College of Arts and Trades, Sabang Zone 2, Allen, Northern Samar Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trades, Gov't. Center, Prosperid ad, Agusan del Sur Lupon School of Fisheries, Panuncial man, St. Lupon, Davao Oriental

Completion of application, self-survey and other accreditation requirements

Accreditation of identified TVET institutions

Three (3) institutions granted candidate status

Application status of identified institutions

That the identified institutions will voluntary apply for candidate status.

APACC Director, APACC accreditation team & NCA

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS

YEAR III July 2009 June 2010 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT

Key Persons Involved

Document s completion

Accreditation for Level 2

Two (2) institutions

Application status of

That the identified

APACC Director,

List and Detailed Addresses of Target Institutions for Accreditation Marikina Polytechnic

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS for level 2 status accreditation

YEAR III July 2009 June 2010 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT identified identified institutions in year 2 institutions will voluntary granted apply for level 2 level 2 status accreditation.

Key Persons Involved APACC accreditation team & NCA

List and Detailed Addresses of College, Sta. Elena St., Marikina City. Southern Isabela College of Arts and Trades, Calaoacan, Santiago City, Isabela Quezon National Agricultural School, Malicboy, Pagbilao, Quezon Balicuatro College of Arts and Trades, Sabang Zone 2, Allen, Northern Samar Agusan del Sur School of Arts and Trades, Gov't. Center, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur Lupon School of Fisheries, Panuncialma n, St. Lupon, Davao Oriental Marcos AgroIndustrial School, Brgy. Lydia, Marcos, Ilocos Norte Baguio City School of Arts and Trades, QES Compound Upper

Document s completion for level 1 accreditation

Accreditation for Level 1 status

Three (3) institutions initially identified in year 2 granted level 1 status

Application status of identified institutions

That the identified institutions will voluntary apply for level 1 accreditation.

APACC Director, APACC accreditation team & NCA

Completion of application, self-survey and other accreditation requirements

Accreditation of identified TVET institutions

Four (4) institutions granted candidate status

Application status of identified institutions

That the identified institutions will voluntary apply for candidate status.

APACC Director, APACC accreditation team & NCA

Activities to be done INPUT PROCESS

YEAR III July 2009 June 2010 Monitoring Assumptions Mechanisms and Risks OUTPUT

Key Persons Involved

List and Detailed Addresses of Session Rd., Bagiuo City Aprarri School of Arts and Trades, Maura, Aparri, Cagayan Jacobo Z. Gonzales Memorial School of Arts and Trades, San Antonio, Bian, Laguna

III. ISSUES AND CONCERNS APACC and TESDA have signed a MOA but the former will still have to go through the motions of the recognition process implemented by the latter in order for APACC to be recognized by TESDA as an accrediting body for TVET in the Philippines. All accrediting bodies here in the Philippines are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) even though they are not for profit organizations. This is necessary to establish their legal personality as organizations doing business in the country. That is why the TESDA guidelines on the recognition of accrediting bodies require SEC registration. The case of APACC is different since it is an international organization; it has an international charter which has to be referred to legal authorities whether this will suffice to exempt it from the SEC registration coverage for organizations that will do business (accreditation) in the country. In the TESDA guidelines for the recognition of accrediting bodies, there is a prequalification process that requires the applicant-accrediting body to have at least one year experience. The National Coordinator for Accreditation in the Philippine should lobby with the Accreditation Panel that this requirement is not applicable to APACC since the organization is new in accreditation with no previous experience to base from. IV. RECOMMENDATIONS APACC should first get the TESDA recognition as third party accrediting body in TVET before venturing into accreditation in the country because many TVET providers will be asking whether APACC is recognized by TESDA being the authority in TVET in the Philippines.