This glossary of terms intends to provide the TESDA key players, partners, and stakeholders an online and updated TVET information, concepts, to bring common understanding and clarification on the use of TESDA terminologies.
| CONCEPT/TERM | DEFINITION |
|---|---|
| National Competency Assessment Fee |
refers to the promulgated fee as a charge to the candidate for a particular qualification regulated by TESDA in accordance with AO31.
Source: - |
| Philippine TVET Competency Assessment and Certification System (PTCACS) |
defines a national, comprehensive, and flexible certification system for Technical – Vocational Education and Training (TVET).
Source: TESDA Circular No. 15, s. 2015 |
| Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) and Recognition of Current Competency (RCC) |
is a process of identifying, documenting, assessing and certifying formal, non-formal and informal learning outcomes against standards used in formal education and training. Thus, RPL provides an opportunity for people to acquire qualifications or credits towards a qualification or exemptions (from all or part of the curriculum, or even exemption from an academic prerequisite for entering a formal study program) without going through a formal education or training program.
Source: Recognition of Prior Learning: Learning Package; International Labor Office, Skills and Employability Branch / Employment Policy Department. - Geneva: ILO, 2018 as cited in TESDA Circular No. 059, s. 2020 |
| Stackable Competency |
known as credential stacking in other countries depending on nomenclature, is a system wherein learners accumulate knowledge over time, in the form of credentials and competencies that build up a person’s qualifications. It is an emerging tool that allows students to obtain credentials/competencies in the short term, which they then build up continuously in the hopes of eventually obtaining higher-level education or qualification that industries recognize.
Source: Williamson and Petinsky, 2016; Leibert, 2017 as cited in TVET Brief No. 4, s. 2021 |
| Supermarket of Competency | compilation of a broad range but a sector/industry directed competencies which are acquired and assemble through the inputs of various industry players during the process of Competency Standards (CS) development. This compilation of competencies gained recognition and endorsement in TVET through the confirmation of the industry associations and/or promulgation of the TESDA Board. Source: TESDA Circular No. 024, s. 2021 |
| Transcript of Competency |
a document attesting to the examinee’s successful completion of certain competencies within an occupational level.
Source: - |
| Unit of Competency |
a component of the competency standard stating a specific key function or role in a particular job or occupation serving as a basis for training an individual to gain specific knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to satisfy the special demands or requirements of a particular situation.
Source: Training Regulations Framework |
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