TY - BOOK AU - Bagaoisan, Michel B. TI - Benchmarking the practices of the centers of technical excellence: basis of a development framework for technical-vocational schools in Ilocos Norte U1 - DIS 370.11 B14b 2018 PY - 2018/// CY - Laoag City PB - [s.n.], KW - Technical education N1 - Bibliography: pages 303-307 N2 - The study formulated and validated a development framework for Technical- Vocational schoold based on the results of the benchmarking process involving the Centers of Technical Excellence. The research and development (R and D) methodology with three major stages, namely: planning, developmemt and validation was used . Benchmarking was conducted at the Centers of Technical Excellence in Ilocos Norte, Region l in the four major areas of Technical-Vocational Education: Agricultural Crops Production, Aquaculture, Automotive Servicing and Electronics Servicing. The Benchmark schools were selected from the technical-vocational schools in the divisions of Ilocos Norte and Laoag City ER -