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Dual Training System

The following are answers to common questions about the Dual Training System. The answers were mainly taken from the provisions of Republic Act No. 7686 otherwise known as the "Dual Training System Act of 1994."

Schools in Sorsogon intending to adopt the Dual Training System are advised to contact the TESDA Provincial Office.

What is Dual Training System?

Dual Training System or DTS refers to an instructional delivery system of technical and vocational education and training that combines in-plant training and in-school training based on a training plan collaboratively designed and implemented by an accredited dual system educational institution/training center and accredited dual system agricultural, industrial and business establishments with prior notice and advice to the local government unit concerned.

Under this system, said establishments and the educational institution share the responsibility of providing the trainee with the best possible job qualifications, the former essentially through practical training and the latter by securing an adequate level of specific, general occupation-related theoretical instruction. The word "dual" means that the two instructing parties do no operate independently of one another, but rather coordinate their efforts. (Section 4, Par. b)

What educational institutions are meant in the DTS Law?

Educational institutions refer to accredited Dual Training System educational institutions or training centers. An accredited DTS educational institution/training center is "a public or private institution duly recognized and authorized by the appropriate authority [the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority], in oordination with the business and industry to participate in the dual training system." (Section 4, Par. d)

What establishments are meant in the DTS Law?

Establishments that are accredited as DTS agricultural, industrial and business establishment. (Section 4, Par. f)

What are the planning and coordination setup under the DTS?

TESDA plans, sets standards, coordinates, monitors and allocate resources in support of the implementation of DTS.

The accredited educational institution/training center shall establish an industrial coodinating office which shall supervise the in-plant training provided that the industrial establishment shall be required to furnish the educational institution with the necessary information for the purpose of the supervision.

The industrial ccordinating office shall be headed by an industry coordinator and may be assisted by such other personnel as may be necessary for the effective discharge of the functions of the office. (Section 7)

What is the status of the trainee?

For the duration of the training under the System, the trainee is to be considered not an employee of the business/industrial establishment but rather a trainee of both the accredited DTS educational institution and the agricultural, industrial and business establishments. The union or the workers of the accredited establishment should be informed in advance of such an agreement.

A trainee who has successfully completed a training program in a particular agricultural, industrial or business establishment shall be given priority of employment in that establishment. (Section 8)

What are the incentives of participating establishments?

They shall be allowed to deduct from their taxable income the amount of fity percent (50%) of the actual system expenses paid to the accredited DTS educational institution for the establishment's trainees. Such expenses shall not exceed five percent (5%) of their total direct labor expenses but in no case to exceed 25 million pesos a year.

Donations for the operation of the DTS shall be deductible from the taxable income of the donors. (Section 9)

What are the obligations of the accredited establishments?

The accredited establishments shall-

a) ensure that the necessary abilities and knowledge for the trainee to achieve the purpose of his training are imparted to him and shall provide such training systematically in accordance with an approved training plan;

b) appoint the training officer to implement the training plan;

c) make available, free of charge, the consumable materials and basic hand tools and equipment necessary for his training;

d) allow the trainee to attend his in-school training and to sit for his examinations;

e) require the trainee to keep his report book up-to-date and inspect such books;

f) ensure that the trainee is encouraged to develop his personality and that he is protected from physical and moral damage;

g) entrust to the trainee such jobs as are related to the purpose of his training and are commensurate with his capabilities;

h) pay to the accredited educational institution/training center the daily allowance of the trainee; and

i) allow the trainee the necessary time-off for his in-school training. (Section 10)

What are the obligations of the trainee?

A trainee shall exert every effort to acquire the abilities and knowledge necessary for him to achieve the purpose of his training. Toward this end, he shall-

a) carefully perform the jobs entrusted to him as part of his training;

b) take part in training programs for which he has been granted time-off under the DTS Law;

c) follow the instructions given to him as part of his training by the training officer or any other person entitled to give him such instructions;

d) observe rules of behavior in the training premises;

e) use tools, instruments, machines and other equipment with due care;

f) not reveal any business or trade secrets that have come to his knowledge in the course of this training; and

g) keep his record books up-to-date. (Section 11)

What are the obligations of the accredited educational institution/training center?

The educational institution/training centers that have entered into a memorandum of agreement with agricultural, industrial or business establishments to undertake training shall-

a) design, implement, and evaluate jointly the training plan with the accredited establishments;

b) provide specific, general and occupation-related theoretical instruction;

c) appoint industrial coordinator to supervise the in-plant training;

d) pay the trainee his daily allowance; and

e) perform such other tasks and activities as may be necessary in the furtherance of the objectives of the training. (Section 12)