MTC MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 20, S. 2002, June 20, 2002
FURTHER GUIDELINES IN THE APPLICATION FOR ACCREDITATION OF COURSE PROGRAMS AS PRESCRIBED IN MTC RESOLUTION NO. 03, SERIES OF 1998
Pursuant to MTC Resolution No. 03,
Series of 1998 (Revised Standards and Procedures in the Accreditation
and Monitoring of Course Programs Conducted by the Maritime Training
Centers), the following guidelines are hereby issued:
1. Application
for Accreditation — Form 2 (Self Assessment of Compliance to the Course
Program), Form 2A (Qualification of Supervisors, Instructors and
Assessors), Form 2B (Inventory of Equipment), Form 2C (Inventory of
Book/Teaching Aids shall be submitted under oath.2. Pre-qualified and approved supervisors, instructors and assessors must be present during actual inspection. Substitution
or change of the said positions on the day of inspection shall be
treated as major non-conformance to the application of the course
program.3. Re-inspection may be allowed only if warranted. Application
that were denied or disapproved shall be re-filed only six (6) months
from the date when the same application was denied or disapproved.4. Sharing
of equipments among courses offered by the training center shall be
allowed only after the submission of the training center’s schedule of
training, the same having been reviewed and approved by the MTC.5. Policies
and procedures on enrolment, make-up classes, tardiness, absences and
withdrawal/dropped from the training course must be properly defined and
included in the Quality Systems Manual.
Non-compliance to any of the above
guidelines shall be a ground for denial of application for or suspension
of accreditation of a training course.
This circular shall take effect immediately.
For strict compliance.
Adopted: 20 June 2002
(SGD.) RAMON T. TIONLOC, JR.
Acting Executive Director