The impending enactment of the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP) bill would help employees without a degree take a step up in their professional careers, the chair of the House Committee on Labor and Employment said.
Rep. Fidel Nograles of Rizal made the statement after the Senate recently passed on third and final reading of its version of the measure, which would allow undergraduate professionals to earn a bachelor’s degree through an alternative college-level education program. The House of Representatives passed House Bill 9015 on September 2023.
“We thank our counterparts in the Senate for passing this bill. We hope that President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. will soon sign it so that employees who do not have a diploma can benefit from it and have the opportunity to be promoted at work.”
The bill proposes to institutionalize the ETEEAP, which recognizes, accredits, and grants equivalencies to knowledge, skills, attitudes and values gained by undergraduate employees from relevant work.
Nograles said that the ETEEAP would provide an alternate path to Filipinos who had to work instead of attending college.
To qualify for the ETEEAP, an applicant must be a Filipino citizen residing in the Philippines or abroad, at least 23 years of age, and with at least five years of aggregate work experience.
Applicant must also submit the following documentary requirements: duly-accomplished ETEEAP application form; certification of having passed the Accreditation and Equivalency Assessment conducted by the Department of Education; employment certificates; birth certificate issued by the Philippine Statistics Authority; resume, curriculum vitae, or personal data sheet; service record or employment certificate signed by the employer; job description signed by the employer; and transcript of records.
