Practice question
A 17-year-old applicant has excellent aptitude and parental consent for a new apprenticeship under RA 12063. May those facts alone overcome the statutory apprenticeship age threshold?
- Yes; parental consent replaces the age requirement.
- Yes; aptitude eliminates every entry condition.
- No; apprenticeship requires the trainee to be at least 18.
- Only if the applicant accepts no allowance.
- The enterprise may set the minimum at any age.
Legal references
- RA 12063 EBET Framework Act, specified sections: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra 2024/ra_12063_2024.html — Sections 4(a),6,9,11–13,22.
- RA 12063 Implementing Rules and Regulations, February 28 2025: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/99251 — Rule V Section 2; Rule VI.
- RA 12063 official signed text, Senate reproduction: https://issuances-library.senate.gov.ph/sites/default/files/2025-08/20241107-RA-12063-FRM.pdf — Section 13(b).
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