Mapping Out an Equivalency Program

December 1st, 2005 by bee

Rodolfo Penalosa, BEE ChairmanTHE ENGINEER’S TRANSITION FROM TECHNICAL TRAINING TO HIGHER EDUCATION

By Engr. Rodolfo R. Peñalosa, PEE, ECE
Chairman, Board of Electrical Engineering

(EE Magazine: Nov-Dec 2005) THIS IS TO INFORM OUR MEMBERS WHO TEACH BOTH IN VOCATIONAL AND technological schools and undergraduate programs the possibilities of equivalency / competencies for higher education continuation program. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has signed Executive Order 358 on September 15, 2005, which mandates TESDA and CHED to develop and implement a unified National Qualifications Framework that establishes equivalency pathways and access ramps that allows easier transition and progression between TVET (Technical Vocational Education and Training) and Higher Education. The framework shall include the following mechanisms.

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