Tek-Bok BUZZ/Manila Bulletin/April 16, 201
TESDA and Singapore ITE partnership
Raising the bar for Filipino trainers
Pastor Z. Guaio
Director General
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
One of the things that TESDA is tasked to do is to train and develop trainers who are capable of delivering high quality technical vocational education and training (TVET) programs in both public and private institutions.
One of the agency’s major programs, the National TVET Trainer/Assessor Qualification Program (NTTAQP), aims to qualify and certify trainers to ensure that they are competent in the skills they are teaching and in assessment methodologies.
The NTTAQP also provides continuing training and development interventions for TVET trainers, school administrators and supervisors to improve and upgrade delivery of technology-based training.
Recently, trainers training got the much needed boost when the Institute of Technical Education (ITE) and Temasek Foundation (TF) of Singapore forged a collaborative partnership with TESDA for Train the Trainer Program (TTTP). Temasek Foundation works with partners to support programs that develop people through health care, education and research and programs that build institutions of excellence though good governance and ethics.
Top officials of TESDA and ITE Education Services (ITEES) of Singapore launched the program on April 12 for select Filipino trainers at the TESDA Women’s Center in Taguig City. TESDA Director General Pastor Z. Guiao and ITEES senior advisor Dr. Law Song Seng graced the launch ceremonies.
Under the joint program, a select group of 60 TESDA-certified Filipino TVET trainers will undergo a series of classroom and field practice learning sessions here in the Philippines and Singapore to upgrade their trainer’s qualifications from TQ1 to TQ2.
TQ1 qualification, being the entry level, qualifies the holder as a trainer and assessor in his discipline. A TQ1 level trainer plans and facilitates learning sessions, supervises work-based learning, conducts competency assessment, maintains training facilities, and utilizes ICT in facilitating learning.
A TQ2 level trainer conducts training needs analysis, designs training curricula, and develops learning materials and assessment tools, facilities maintenance system, e-learning materials.
The TQ3 and TQ4 level qualifications are for training mentors and master trainers respectively.
Trainer’s certification
There are currently 23,000 trainers in the Philippine TVET system. Of this number, only 20,000 trainers have been certified at the basicTQ1 level.
Guiao said TESDA recognizes that quality TVET training in the Philippines depends very much on the pedagogical and technical competencies of the trainer.
The Philippines-Singapore joint program will help develop 60 lead trainers who will in turn train 600 other Filipino TVET trainers.
For details on TESDA programs and services, call 887-7777, send SMS message 09174794370 (Globe) 09182738232 (Smart) or email <contactcenter@tesda.gov.ph>
TRAINER’S TRAINING PARTNERSHIP.TESDA Director General Pastor Z. Guiao and Dr. Law Song Seng, Senior Advisor of the Singapore ITE Education Services shake hands to forge the partnership in trainers training between the two institutions. Looking on is Mr. Samuel Ng, Division Director of ITE Educational Design and Technology.
TRAINER SCHOLARS. The first batch of trainer scholars from TESDA schools and select private institutions pose with the training staff for the Train the Trainer Program of TESDA, ITE Education Services and Temasek Foundation.
