MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has regained control and supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Friday signed Executive Order (EO) 5, transferring TESDA's authority from the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) to DOLE. "The TESDA is hereby attached to the DOLE for policy and program coordination," which takes effect immediately, the EO read. EO 5 emphasized that it is the national government's policy to "rationalize the functional structures of agencies with complementary mandates and promote coordination, efficiency and organizational coherence in the bureaucracy." Under EO 5, the DOLE Secretary is designated as chairperson of the TESDA Board, pursuant to Section 7 of Republic Act (RA) 7796 which created TESDA in 1994. Section 7 states that the TESDA Board shall be chaired by the Labor Secretary, and co-chaired by the secretaries of Education and DTI. Board
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(File photo) MANILA - The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) in Region 7 (Central Visayas) has warned jobseekers against some social media posts that are neither associated with nor endorsed by the department. In a Facebook post on Friday, DOLE-7 officer-in-charge (OIC)-director Lilia Estillore cautioned applicants against posts requiring them to post their personal information and other credentials in accordance with the supposed hiring of interns under the DOLE Government Internship Program (GIP) in Cebu City. "This is not the way how we do the hiring of GIPs. We do not share and amplify for the world to see the personal information of the applicants in adherence to Republic Act No. 10173, otherwise known as the Data Privacy Act," she said. The GIP is a component of the KABATAAN:2000, a program that provides opportunities to program beneficiaries and engage them to serve the general public in government agencies/entities' programs and projects at the national and