REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10912 Flashcards
This Act shall be known as the “Continuing Professional Development Act of 2016.”
Section 1 title
It is hereby declared the policy of the State to promote and upgrade the practice of professions in the country. Towards this end, the State shall institute measures that will continuously improve the competence of the professionals in accordance with the international standards of practice, thereby ensuring their contribution in uplifting the general welfare, economic growth, and development of the nation.
Declaration of Policy.
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.
Accreditation
refers to the Accredited Integrated Professional Organization or the Accredited Professional Organization in a given profession.
AIPO/APO
AIPO
Accredited Integrated Professional Organization
APO
Accredited Professional Organization
refers to the device that enables comparisons of qualifications across ASEAN Member States.
ASEAN Qualifications Reference Framework or AQRF
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.
ASEAN Mutual Recognition Arrangement or ASEAN MRA
refers to an ability that extends beyond the possession of knowledge and skills, which include cognitive, functional, personal, and ethical competence.
Competence
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.
Continuing Professional Development or CPD
refers to a body created to promote and ensure the continuous improvement of professionals, in accordance with national, regional, and international standards of practice.
CPD Council
refers to the value of an amount of learning that can be transferred to a qualification achieved from formal, informal, or nonformal learning settings, where in credits can be accumulated to predetermined levels for the award of a qualification.
CPD credit unit
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 Program
refers to a natural or juridical person accredited by the CPD Council to conduct CPD Programs.
CPD Provider
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.
Formal learning
refers to learning that occurs in daily life assessed, through the recognition, validation, and accreditation process, and which can contribute to a qualification.
Informal learning
refer to what a learner can be expected to know, understand, and/or demonstrate as a result of a learning experience.
Learning outcomes
refers to learning activities undertaken throughout life for the development of competencies and qualifications of the professional.
Lifelong 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.
Non- Formal learning
refer to structured or unstructured learning initiatives, which make use of the internet and other web-based Information and Communications Technology solutions.
Online learning activities
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.
Pathways and Equivalencies
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.
Philippine Qualifications Framework or PQF
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.
Prior learning
refers to a person who is registered and licensed to practice a regulated profession in the Philippines and who holds a valid Certificate of Registration and Professional Identification Card (PIC) from the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).
Professional
