To : Undersecretaries
Assistant Secretaries
Bureau Directors
Directors of Services, Centers, and Heads of Units
Regional Directors
Schools Division / City Superintendents
Heads, Tech-Voc Secondary Schools

1. In response to the demands of the global economy to continuously produce a new generation of high skilled workforce and equip the high school students with relevant competencies, foundation skills and qualification needed for their entry in the field of work or venture into entrepreneurship, the Department of Education (DepEd) is continuously providing the 282 Tech-Voc schools which are implementing the Strengthened Technical and Vocational (Tech-Voc) Education Program (STVEP) with intervention funds to support the following program components:
   

   Intervention	Beneficiary
   a. Provision for the Construction of New Multipurpose Laboratory Workshops/Facilities for Arts and Trades, Agriculture and Fishery Schools	282 Tech-Voc Schools
   b. Provision for Competency Assessment Subsidy (CAS)	Graduating Students in the 282 Tech-Voc Schools
   c. Capability Building Program	Tech-Voc Implementers / Practitioners
   d. Curriculum Development	Tech-Voc Education Task Force Office with Tech-Voc Implementers/Practitioners
   e. Other Tech-Voc Education Task Force- led Operations/Activities	Tech-Voc Education Task Force Office

2. The Guidelines on the Allocation of the 2011 Intervention Funds for the Redesigned/Strengthened Technical-Vocational Education Program (STVEP) is contained in the Enclosure.
3. These guidelines shall serve as the basis for the allocation, release, utilization and reporting of the said intervention funds.
4. Immediate dissemination of and compliance with this Order is directed.

Encl.: As stated
Reference:
DepEd Order: No. 16, s. 2011

To be indicated in the Perpetual Index under the following subjects:
PROGRAMS
SCHOOLS
TECHNICAL EDUCATION
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

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