NSCB Memorandum Order No. 004
Series of 2010

RECONSTITUTING THE INTERAGENCY COMMITTEE
ON EDUCATION STATISTICS

WHEREAS, the Interagency Committee on Education Statistics (IACES) was created through NSCB Memorandum Order No. 012, Series of 2003, and was reconstituted by virtue of NSCB Memorandum Order No. 005, Series of 2008, to discuss and resolve issues concerning the generation and dissemination of education statistics in the country;

WHEREAS, to reaffirm the commitments of the Committee’s member agencies and to ensure wider participation and access to sectoral expertise to effectively resolve current and emerging issues related to the improvement of education statistics, there is a need to reconstitute the membership of the IACES;      

NOW, THEREFORE, the composition of the IACES is hereby amended as follows:

Chairperson:  Asst. Secretary for Planning and Development
                      Department of Education

Co-Chairs:     Director, Office of Policy Planning, Research and Information
                     Commission on Higher Education

Director, Planning Office
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Members:      Executive Director
                     Coordinating Council of Private Educational Associations

Chief, Research and Statistics Division
Department of Education
 
Director, Science Education Institute
Department of Science and Technology

Committee Secretary, Committee on Basic Education and Culture
House of Representatives

Chief, Policy, Planning, Formulation and Programming Division
National Commission for Culture and the Arts

Director, Social Development Staff
National Economic and Development Authority
 
Director, Social Statistics Office
National Statistical Coordination Board

Chief, Social Sectors A Division, Social Statistics Office
National Statistical Coordination Board
           
Director, Household Statistics Department
National Statistics Office
                       
Director, Licensure Office
Professional Regulations Commission
        
Committee Secretary, Committee on Education, Arts and Culture
Senate of the Philippines
          
Division Chief, Training Division
Statistical Research and Training Center

The specific functions of the Committee as stated in Memorandum Order No. 005, Series of 2008, are retained as follows:

1. Serve as a forum to provide overall guidance particularly in resolving issues pertaining to the data sources, operational concepts/definitions, current and emerging issues of the education sector;

2. Provide advice in the development and maintenance of statistical standards and classification systems relative to education;

3. Formulate measures that will improve the system of data collection and reporting of education statistics/indicators;

4. Recommend institutional arrangements/linkages among concerned education agencies and the private sector on the generation and exchange of data/indicators;

5. Recommend and cause the publication of common sets of education indicators useful for policy formulation;

6. Identify and recommend to the NSCB Executive Board policies on current and emerging issues, and concepts and methodologies used in the education sector; and

7. Monitor the overall development of education statistics in the country.

The membership of the IACES may be increased or decreased, as the exigencies of its work require, provided that it shall be authorized by the NSCB Secretary General. Furthermore, the Committee may invite other agencies or individuals as resource persons as the need for them arises.

To enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the IACES, the NSCB Technical Staff shall review its composition on an annual basis and recommend its reconstitution, if deemed necessary.  For effective conduct of meetings, the Committee is authorized to define its quorum.  The NSCB Technical Staff shall continue to provide technical, secretariat, and logistics support to the IACES.  It shall also monitor compliance to policies formulated and report periodically to the NSCB Executive Board.

The Committee may create technical working groups (TWGs) and task forces (TFs), as the need arises, to assist in the exercise of its functions, subject to the approval of the NSCB Secretary General.  Technical, secretariat, and logistics support to the TWGs/TFs shall be provided by the concerned agencies.

The Committee shall adhere to the NSCB Guidelines for Interagency Committees, Technical Committees, Technical Working Groups, and Task Forces in the implementation of its activities and in the preparation of reports and recommendations.  It shall submit to the Secretary General its work program and shall report on the progress of its work, including the findings and recommendations on issues referred to it.

This Memorandum Order takes effect on 12 May 2010.

AUGUSTO B. SANTOS
Acting Secretary of Socioeconomic Planning
and Chairman, NSCB

Posted: 02 August 2010