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By Angelo S. Samonte, Reporter
President Gloria Arroyo designated the director
general of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(Tesda) as a member of the Teacher Education Council (TEC) to
strengthen the Presidential Task Force on Education.
In executive orders 729 and 730, the President
cited the “need to include the technical-vocational sector of
education to the TEC and to educate and train the
technical-vocational teachers of unquestionable integrity and
competence.”
The two orders, signed by the President on June
4, 2008 but released only Friday, will synchronize and harmonize the
country’s education system.
The Teacher Education Council was created by
Republic Act 7784, while the Tesda was created by Republic Act 7796.
The presidential task force, for its part, was
created by Executive Order 652, which Mrs. Arroyo signed on August
21, 2007 “to assess, plan and monitor the entire educational
system.”
Executive Order 730 added two private
representatives to the board of advisers of the Commission on Higher
Education (CHED).
Intellectual property
President Arroyo also signed Executive Order
736, which creates the National Committee on Intellectual Property
Rights that will work to intensify intellectual property rights
protection in the Philippines.
She stressed the “need for an inter-agency
group that will effectively formulate and implement plans and
policies and strengthen the protection and enforcement of
intellectual property rights in the country.”
The newly created intellectual property rights
committee is chaired by the Department of Trade and Industry, and
co-chaired by the Intellectual Property Office.
Both offices are tasked to “continue to
coordinate inter-agency efforts against piracy and counterfeiting.
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