(6) Establish and administer a system of accreditation of both public and private institutions; (7) Establish, develop and support institutions‟ trainers‟ training and/or programs; (8) Lend support and encourage increasing utilization of the dual training system as provided for by Republic Act No. 7686; (9) Prescribe reasonable fees and charges for such tests and trainings conducted and retain such earnings for its own use, subject to guidelines promulgated by the Authority; (10) Allocate resources, based on the Secretariat‟s recommendations for the programs and projects it shall undertake pursuant to approved Regional Technical Education and Skills Development Plan; (11) Determine and approve systematic funding schemes such as the levy and grant scheme for technical education and skills development purposes; (12) Create, when deemed necessary, an Advisory Committee which shall provide expert and technical advice to the Board to be chosen from the academe and the private sector: Provided, That in case the Advisory Committee is created, the Board is hereby authorized to set aside a portion of its appropriation for its operation; and (13) Perform such other duties and functions necessary to carry out the provisions of this Code consistent with the purposes of the creation of TESDA. SEC. 36. Power to Review and Recommend Action. - The Authority shall review and recommend action to concerned authorities on proposed technical assistance programs and grants-in-aid for technical education or skills development, or both, including those which may be entered into between the Autonomous Regional Government and other nations, including international and foreign organizations, both here and abroad. SEC. 37. The TESDA Secretariat. - There is hereby created a Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Secretariat which shall have the following functions and responsibilities: (1) Establish and maintain a planning process and formulate a national technical education and skills development plan in which the member-agencies and other concerned entities of the Authority at various levels participate; (2) Provide analytical inputs to policy decision-making on allocation of resources and institutional roles and responsibilities as shall be embodied in annual agency‟s technical education and skills development plans, in accordance with the manpower plan for middle-level skilled worker as approved by the Authority; 132