Section 2
SEC. 2. Section three of Republic Act Numbered One thousand eight hundred and twenty-six is hereby amended to read as follows: "SEC. 3. It shall be the duty and function of the Council: To organize and develop an apprenticeship program by which the requirements for trained labor may be met; To secure the cooperation of government agencies and private organizations and institutions, including those providing vocational guidance and training, in effecting coordination in the development of apprenticeship; To recommend appropriate measures for the promotion of apprenticeship; To assist and cooperate in determining the number of apprentices and skilled workers needed for each trade and occupation, and in promoting the proper distribution of manpower resources to meet the needs of the national economy and the labor requirements of employers so as achieve the fullest and most effective utilization of manpower resources; To enable workers to make full use of their natural talents and abilities to advance their opportunities for steady employment; To determine apprenticeable trades and occupations in accordance with the rules, regulations and standards promulgated under this Act; To establish minimum standards of training in apprenticeable trades and occupations; To formulate and adopt standards for effecting employment of apprentices under different conditions, by setting out their qualifications for employment, number of apprentices, required education, age limitations, aptitudes, term of apprenticeship, wages, working flours, vacation with pay, and other matters; To lay down minimum standards and procedures for the examination of apprentices, the execution and registration of apprentices and apprenticeship agreements, the methods of supervision and the duration of the apprentices' work on the job and at school, and the methods of examination of apprentices at the end of their training; To stipulate the grounds under which an apprenticeship agreement may be terminated or otherwise revoked by either or both parties before the expiration of its term; To promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out the intents and purposes of this Act, including the denial of apprentices to any employer that has violated any provisions of this Act, rule or regulation promulgated thereunder, or of any apprenticeship agreement; and To make and submit, not later than February first of each year, a report through the Secretary of Labor of its activities, accomplishments and findings to the President and to the Congress of the Philippines.