RA 10912

Accreditation

refers to the formal or official approval granted to a person, a program or an organization, upon meeting essential requirements of achievement standards, including qualifications or unit(s) of a qualification, usually for a particular period of time, as defined by an accrediting agency;

AIPO/APO

refers to the Accredited Integrated Professional Organization or the Accredited Professional Organization in a given profession

ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework or AQRF

refers to the device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States;

ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement or ASEAN MRA

refers to a regional arrangement entered into by the ASEAN Member States, predicated on the mutual recognition of qualifications, requirements met, licenses and certificates granted, experience gained by professionals, in order to enhance mobility of professional services within the region;

Competence

refers to an ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal and ethical competence;

Continuing Professional Development or CPD

refers to the inculcation of advanced knowledge, skills and ethical values in a post-licensure specialization or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, for assimilation into professional practice, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;

CPD Council

refers to a body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional and international standarde of practice:

CPD credit

unit refers to the value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal or nonformal learning setting, wherein credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification;

CPD Program

refers to a set of learning activities accredited by the CPD Council such as seminars, workshops, technical lectures or subject matter meetings, nondegree training lectures and scientific meetings, modules, tours and visits, which equip the professionals with advanced. knowledge, skills and values in specialized or in an inter- or multidisciplinary field of study, self-directed research and/or lifelong learning;

CPD Provider

refers to a natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs;

Formal learning

refers to educational arrangements such as curricular qualifications and teaching-learning requirements that take place in education and training institutions recognized by relevant national authorities, and which lead to diplomas and qualifications;

Informal learning

refers to learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification;

Learning outcomes

refer to what a learner can be expected to know, understand and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience;

Lifelong learning

refers to learning activities undertaken throughout life for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional

nonformal learning

refers to learning that has been acquired in addition or alternatively to formal learning, which may be structured and made more flexible according to educational and training arrangements

Online learning activities

refer to structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions;

Pathways and Equivalencies

refer to mechanisms that provide access to qualifications and assist professionals to move easily and readily between the different education and training sectors, and between these sectors, and the labor market, through the Philippine Credit Transfer System;

Philippine Qualifications Framework or PQF

refers to the quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications at defined levels, based on standards of knowledge, skills and values, acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers;

Prior learning

refers to a person's skills, knowledge and competencies that have been acquired through work experience, training, independent study, volunteer activities and hobbies, that may be applied for academic credit, as a requirement of a training program or for occupational certification;

Professional

refers to a person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holde a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC):

Qualification

refers to a status gained after a person has been assessed to have achieved learning outcomes or competencies in accordance with the standard specified for a qualification title, and is proven by a document issued by a recognized agency or body.

Quality assurance

refers to planned and systematic processes that provide confidence in the design, delivery and award of qualifications within an education and training system, and is a component of quality management that is focused on ensuring that quality requirements will be fulfilled;

Self-directed learning

refers to learning activities such as online training, local/international seminara/nondegree courses, institution/company-sponsored training programs, and the like, which did not undergo CPD accreditation but may be applied for and awarded CPD units by the respective CPD Council.

Title Policy & Definition of Terms

article I

cpd programs, council & secretariat

article II

cpd program implementation and monitoring

article III

final provisions

article iv

mandatory requirement

sec 10

recognition of credit units

section 11

career progression and specialization

section 12

role of concerned agencies & the private sector

sec 13

funding

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irr

section 15

fraud

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