Senate OKs bill seeking to improve competence of Filipino professionals

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Senate OKs bill seeking to improve competence of Filipino professionals

August 3, 2015

The Senate today approved on third and final reading a bill which seeks to improve the competence of Filipino professionals by requiring them to take additional formal and non-formal learning before they can renew their professional identification cards and licenses.

Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, chairman of the Committee on Civil Service and Government Reorganization, said Senate Bill No. 2581, also known as the "Continuing Professional Development Act of 2015" sought to strengthen government efforts towards the continuing professional development (CPD) of all regulated professions in the country.

Senate President Franklin M. Drilon said that the bill would go a long way "in strengthening the Filipino workforce and producing highly-competent professionals, who are considered as our country's' best asset due to their leading role in national growth and prosperity."

"CPD is the post-licensure practice of inculcating skills, knowledge and ethical values upon all professionals through various methods such as formal learning, informal learning, self-directed learning, on-line learning activities and accredited professional work experience," Trillanes said in his sponsorship speech.

Once enacted into law, he said, all government agencies and private firms and organizations employing professionals would be required to include CPD as part of their human resource development plan and program.

The attendance of CPD programs would be a requirement for the renewal of the professional identification cards of all registered and licensed professionals, he said.

The bill also seeks the creation of a CPD Council in each of the regulated professions, which shall be under the supervision of the concerned Professional Regulatory Boards (PRBs). The council will monitor and supervise the efficiency and progress of the CPD programs for their respective profession, according to Trillanes.

Trillanes said the measure would ensure the contributions of Filipino professionals in uplifting the general welfare and promoting the economic growth and development of the nation. Also in the birth of the ASEAN intergration, the competencies of our professionals will be enhanced in order to respond to the standards in the national, regional and international labor markets.

"We are pushing for the passage of a separate and all-encompassing measure that specifically provides for the continuing professional development of all professionals in the country, since not all professional regulatory bills can be amended at present due to time limitations," Trillanes said. (Olive Caunan)


Your thoughts?

[bleedingboi]

So Nurses are required to take another set of exams, which will cost them money and time. Some Nurses earn less than P5k per month, some don't even earn anything and end up paying the hospitals for experience.

This is actually a good bill, but we need to fix the wage laws here in this country. Medical Technologists, Physical Therapists, Nurses, Private School Teachers can't feed their families with the current wage level they have now.

[buddy&sale]

Ang FOI bill & the Anti-dynasty bill pirtiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinnnnnnnnnngggggggggggg dugaya makalusot...kay dile man pabor sa ilaha.

[Lamusika]

increase wages sah , din decrease the tax dayun !

[lstorya]

How bout the competence of the legislators and politicians?

[yhokz101]

Ok raman ta ni pero akoa lang concern is what about sa bayad sa pag take sa formal/non-formal learning para renewal? mao ba ni gina sunod as per standard worldwide? cge lang ni sila ug himo ug lain na bill.. ang FOI bill wapa gyud progress. Usa pa, apilon ta ni ang mga politiko naay measure para makita qualified ba jd for the position dli lang kay tungod datu o popular or name-sake maka dagan na sa position maski dli jd qualified! example: Nancy Binay ug naa pay uban diha..

[kit_cebu]

dag-dag napod gasto...basta backer-an lagi mga negosyante, pasar gyud...in this case, mga review center operators...

pinas!!! total government purging!!! now!!!

[kestrel89]

Tu-on na sad. Hahaha!!! Nagkalisud man ang sitwasyon sa mga new professionals ani. Dili na gani ka pirma kay bag-o pa then wala pa relevant experience and all other paid accreditations. Gamay pa ug sweldo then pun-an pa ani.

[aenigma143]

Unya atong mga politiko ok ra og highschool graduate basta kwartahan.

[kit_cebu]

Unya atong mga politiko ok ra og highschool graduate basta kwartahan.

mao bitaw'ng daghang nga-nga kung mag-meeting/hearing/etc...