EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 729, June 04, 2008

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;

WHEREAS, the need to strengthen existing mechanisms to complement the role 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 of 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.

(Sgd.) GLORIA MACAPAGAL-ARROYO

By the President:

(Sgd.) EDUARDO R. ERMITA

Executive Secretary