8 SEC. 11. Appropriations. - The Secretary of Education ~hall include in the Department's program the operationalizatio)1 of the enhanced basic education program, the initial funding of which shall be charged against the' current appropriations of the DepED. Thereafter, the amount necessary for the continued implementation of the enhanced basic education program shall be included in the annual General Appropriations Act. SEC. 12. Transitory Provisions. - The DepED, the CHED and the TESDA shall formulate the appropriate strategies and mechanisms needed to ensure smooth transition from: the existing ten (10) years basic education cycle to the enhanced basic education (K to 12) cycle. The strategies may cover changes in physical infrastructure, manpower, organizational and structural concerns, bridging models linking grade 10 competencies and the entry requirements of new tertiary curricula, and partnerships between the government and other entities. Modeling for senior high school may be implemented in selected schools to simulate the transition process and provide concrete data for the transition plan. To manage the initial implementation of the enhanced basic education program and mitigate the expected multi-year low enrolment turnout for HE Is and Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs) starting School Year 2016-2017, the DepED shall engage in partnerships with HEIs and TVIs for the utilization of the latter's human and physical resources. Moreover, the DepED, the CHED, the TESDA, the TVIs and the HEIs shall coordinate closely with one another to implement strategies that ensure the academic, physical, fmancial, and human resource capabilities of HEIs and '!'VIs to provide educational and training services for graduate1s of the enhanced basic education program to ensure that they are not adversely affected. The faculty of HEIs and TVIs allowed to tea'ch students of secondary educatlOn under Section 8 hereof, shall be given priority in hiring for the duration of the transition period. For this purpose, the transition period shall be provided for in the implementing rules and regulations (IRR). SEC. 13. Joint Congressional Oversight Committee on the Enhanced Basic Educational Program (K to 12 Program). - There is hereby created a Joint Oversight Committee to oversee, monitor and evaluate the implementation of this Act.