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EXPLANATORY NOTE

Roadmaps are blueprints in realizing and actualizing any organization's respective
vision and mission. Analogously interpreting it with the commonly followed procedures in
policy-making’, when a roadmap is directly anchored to our people's educational needs, it
would benefit every Filipino on due consideration with the efficient use of our government
resources.

‘The COVID-19 pandemic is not only a global health crisis. Itis a crisis affecting every
aspect of our lives. It revealed the fragility of our security in terms of placement in the
workplace.

We have learned that education is an essential investment in the future. To have a decent
and comfortable way of life, we must lear to live together sustainably by changing the way
we think and act as individuals and societies. So, education must have a roadmap that will
enable immediate survival and long-term prosperity for current and future generations.

This Bill seeks to revisit what we have right now and establish concrete plans for where
we are headed. To unlock concrete action for change, this measure mandates the Educational
Roadmap National Coordinating Council to develop and support efforts that will elevate our
efforts to be globally competitive.

We repeatedly ask ourselves what is uly relevant in our lives. Suppose we learn to
look forward to the future's promise, equipped with the right mindset and tools. In that case,
we can have the knowledge, awareness, and action to empower people to transform themselves
and their societies.

In view of the foregoing, immediate passage of this bill is earnestly soy

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Republic of the Philippines
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Quezon City

NINETEENTH CONGRESS
First Regular Session

HOUSE BILL No:_65

Introduced by Representative Jaime R. Fresnedi

AN ACT
ESTABLISHING AN EDUCATIONAL ROADMAP FOR THE PHILIPPINES

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress
assembled:

SECTION 1. Short Title. - This Act shall be known as the "Philippine Educational
Roadmap Act.”

SEC. 2. Declaration of Policy. — It is the policy of the State to protect and promote the
right of all citizens to accessible and quality education at all levels. The State shall also
establish, maintain, and support a complete, adequate, and integrated system of education
relevant to the needs of the people and the development of the country.

‘Towards these ends, the State shall institutionalize an educational roadmap to accelerate
human capital development by ensuring lifelong learning opportunities for all towards a
comfortable, competent, and sustainable life.

SEC. 3. Educational Roadmap. ~ There is hereby established a Philippine Educational
Roadmap, hereinafter referred to as the Roadmap, that shall provide the direction of education
that will incorporate skills and competencies that are needed by industries. It shall provide for
the mechanisms for the development of the education sector where its graduates shall be able
to compete globally and match the needs of industries and the Philippine economy.

SEC. 4. Educational Roadmap National Coordinating Council, — The Educational
Roadmap National Coordinating Council (ERNCC) is hereby established and imbued with
policy-making, coordination, integration, supervision, monitoring and evaluation powers and
functions pertaining to the Philippine Educational Roadmap. It shall be composed of the
following:

a. Chairperson of the Commission on Higher Education, as Chairperson;

b. Secretary of the Department of Education, as Member:

¢. Director-General of Technical Education And Skills Development Authority, as
Member;

d. Secretary of the Department of Labor and Employment, as Member;

e. Secretary of the Department of Science and Technology, as Member;


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Secretary of the Department of Trade and Industry, as Member;
Director-General of National Economic and Development Authority, as Member:
Chairperson of the Professional Regulation Commission, as Member: and,
Chairperson of the National Youth Commission, as Member.

SEC. 5. Components of the Roadmap. ~The Roadmap shall provide the policy on the

following:

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Global Languages — that shall be aligned with the Common Framework of
Reference for Languages to ensure national and global competitiveness:

Graduate Competencies ~ that will incorporate the review of existing curricula to
ensure that the competencies and skills of the graduates are integrated;

Teacher Competencies ~ that will strengthen capacity-building programs among
teachers and other educational agents on relevant pedagogical approaches that are
responsive to student needs;

Capacity Building for Centers of Excellence - that shall improve areas of
instruction, research, and publication, extension, and international linkages; and,
School-to-Work Transition — that shall provide for seamless progression from basic
education to higher education vis-a-vis industry placement.

SEC. 6. Indusiry Sector Participation. — Industry sector representatives shall be
consulted and tapped in developing and implementing the Roadmap to ensure the alignment of
educational outcomes with industry requirements and add to the value of qualifications within
the workplace.

SEC. 7. Separability Clause. — If any provision of this Act is held invalid or
unconstitutional, the other provisions not so declared shall remain in force and effect.

SEC. 8. Repealing Clause. ~ All laws, decrees, orders and rules, and regulations
contrary to or inconsistent with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed or amended
accordingly.

SEC. 9. Effectivity. ~ This Act shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in
the Official Gazette or a newspaper of general circulation.

Approved,