Excerpted from the working papers of:

Dr. LORNA DIG-DINO

Assistant Secretary for Programs and Projects
Department of Education

Atty. TERESITA R.MANZALA

Chairperson, Philippine Regulation Commission
Chairperson, ASEAN Qualification Framework Taskforce

Dr. REYNALDO B. VEA

Chairperson, Higher Education Core Technical Panel
President, Mapua Institute of Technology

THE PHILIPPINE QUALIFICATIONS

FRAMEWORK (PQF) &
THE ASEAN QUALIFICATIONS
REFERENCE FRAMEWORK(AQRF)
Presented by: BABY BOY BENJAMIN D. NEBRES, III, EdD
Regional Chair , Philippine Assn. For Teacher Education (PAFTE)
Qualifications
(IRR of EO 83. s. 2012)

-Package of competencies describing a

particular function or job role existing in an
economic sector that covers the work
activities required to undertake a particular
job role
PQF(Sec 2, IRR, EO 83 s. 2012)
•a national policy that describes the levels
of educational qualifications and sets the
corresponding standards for qualification
outcome
AQRF
common reference framework that will
function as translation device to enable
comparisons of qualifications across
participating ASEAN countries

•Quality assured national system for the

development, recognition and award of
qualifications based on standards acquired
in different ways and methods by learners
& workers

•Competency-based; labor market driven,

and assessment-based qualifications
recognition
 Origin & Development
PQF
-Started with TVET sector
2004-2005
-EO No. 83 , Oct.1, 2012
- National Coordinating Committee
(NCC)
Sec 2. of EO 83 s. 2012
-Creation of WGs
•Qualifications Register
•Pathways and Equivalencies
•Information and Guidelines
• International Alignment
AQRF
-ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
1995
-Economic Cooperation Plan in 2007
-MRAs -engineering (2005) , nursing (2006 )
-MRAs in 2007 & 2009 – architecture, surveying,
medical and dental practitioners, accountancy
-Initial draft of concept proposal developed thru:
AANZFTA ECWP (ASEAN Australian New Zealand
Free Trade Agreement Economic Cooperation Work
Programme), May 2010, Manila
-AANZFTA Qualifications Framework Forum
2011
-Workshop and AQRF Taskforce chaired by Atty.
Mazala, Chairperson of PRC, Mtg Oct 2012, March
2013, Nov. 2013
Scope
PQF
•Covers all qualifications from lower
secondary education, vocational
education ad higher education
•Promotes lifelong learning
•Recognizes prior learning, formal,
home-based or work experience-based
experience
AQRF
•Covers all qualifications from upper
secondary education, vocational
education ad higher education ASEAN
member countries
•Accommodates lifelong learning as
well as learner mobility
•Is used to link learning paths of each
level of education & referencing in all
sections of education
 Benefits
Persons Employers Education & Training Authorities

Encourages lifelong Assures that Ensures transparency Provides the

learning standards and in training provision standards taxonomy
qualifications are that conforms with and typology of
consistent with job standards & qualifications as basis
Provides access to requirements/ preciseness of for granting approval
certification and demands accountability for to providers and
licenses recognized learning outcomes stakeholders
by the government
Provides common Harmonizes
understanding of qualifications in
policies & guidelines education and
in credit transfer training across the
articulation, country
portability, bridges
pathways &
recognition of prior
learning
Levels & Domains : PQF
and AQRF
PQF AQRF

Includes 8 levels of complexity of learning

outcomes based on 3 domains:

Knowledge and system- kind of knowledge

involved
Application- context in which the K&S are
applied
Responsibility and accountability- level of
independence
 INPUTS OUTPUTS
Industry needs Qualification Levels

Need for global Descriptors

recognition of
competencies
Registers
Current qualifications
Pathways &
issues at all levels Philippine Equivalencies
Qualifications issues in Qualifications
recognition of prior Framework Quality Assurance
learning
(PQF)
Research and policy Information & Guidelines
papers on NQF

NQFs of other countries International Alignment

Advocacy, Consultation
With Stakeholders
 THE PHL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
TECHNICAL
LEVEL BASIC EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION
EDUCATION SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

DOCTORAL AND
L8 POST DOCTORAL

L7 POST BACCALAUREATE

L6 BACCALAUREATE
BACCALAUREATE

L5 DIPLOMA

L4 NCIV
NC IV

L3 NC III

L2 GRADE 12 NC II

L1
GRADE 10 NC I
 The Philippine
Qualifications Framework
(PQF)

Competency-based Labor market-driven Assessment-based

qualification recognition
The PQF Coverage
The PQF Coverage
Objectives
Benefits for the PERSON
Benefits for the EMPLOYER
Benefits for Education and
Training Providers
Benefits for Education and
Training Providers
Benefit for the AUTHORITIES
Qualifications
Basic Education: Foundation
> PQF
Domain Level 8

KSV Have highly advanced systematic k and skills in very

specified or complex multi disciplinary field of learning for
multifaceted research or professional practice or for the
advancement of learning

A Apply in highly specialized or complex multidisciplinary field

of professional work, research and or further study that
requires management expertise, innovation and leadership

DI Independent and /or in teams of multidisciplinary ad

complex setting with significant level of expertise –based
autonomy and accountability
Overall Goal
Over-All GOAL of the Enhanced Basic
Education Program (K-12 Curriculum)

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Referencing using the AQRF

 Process that results in the establishment of a

relationship between the NQF and that of
common reference framework

 Include international experts and each

country’s referencing panel at least one
internal representative (external to ASEAN
and internal to ASEAN but not a
representative of the referencing country or
the observed country)
Importance of the AQRF

1. Support recognition of qualifications

2. Facilitate lifelong learning
3. Promote and encourage credit transfer and
learner mobility
4. Will support and enhance NQFs
qualifications system while providing a
mechanism to facilitate comparison and
transparency
AQRF Governance

 ASEAN Secretariat will establish a board or

managing committee
Composition Functions

National Representatives from an •Maintenance

NQF or responsible body in each
country •use

Independent expert •evaluation and review of AQRF

including a mechanism whether the
AQRF is providing the enabling
function for the member economies
Deadline

Placed on member countries to finalize the

referencing process is the end of 2018

 All new qualification certificates and related

documents issued by the relevant authorities
will contain a clear reference by way of NQFs
to the appropriate AQRF level
 PQF: significant changes in
the education system
1. The identification of qualifications, competency
standards
2. The benchmarking of standards and international
alignment of qualifications
3. The improvement of quality assurance mechanisms
4. The shift to outcomes-based education and the use of
learning outcomes
5. The cooperation and collaboration among the regulatory
bodies, the education/training providers, the industry, the
professions and representatives of workers and students
The K-12 Curriculum and
The Teacher

l um
rr icu
Cu
12
K-

SUPPORT
FROM Private and Public Institutions
AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
 LEARNING and Development
 Efficient and effective utilization of
Curriculum Guide, TGs, LMs. LRMDS
 Outcome Focus: Alignment of Everyday
Teaching-Learning to the K-12 Learning
Outcomes, DepEd Vision and Mission and
PQF
 Skill and Will Development
 Basic & Higher Education>
PQF
Align with the 3 domains of Review & Finalize the
LEARNERS’ Development of a
PQF
ASSESSMENT Qualifications
Based on International Framework and contents Register
Standards/Best Practices of the assessments

Quality Assurance
Review/Refine the
Guidelines in Review Monitoring and
Establishment , Prepare Guidelines of Evaluation system of
Recognition, Establishment of Senior Curriculum implementation
Accreditation, HS that is among others to ensure performance-based
Monitoring, Evaluation labor- market driven teaching-learning
system of schools and process
training providers
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