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 |
|---|---|
| Supermarket of Competencies (in the context of Micro-Credentialing) | A system or approach where a wide range of competencies and skills are offered and can be selected by learners and workers based on their individual needs and career goals. This could involve a flexible and modular approach to learning, where learners and workers can pick and choose the specific competencies they want to acquire, similar to how one might select items from a supermarket shelf. Source: TESDA Circular No. 077, s. 2024 |
| 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 |
| Supervised Industry Learning (SIL) | refers to an approach in learning designed to complement the training gained in the institution with the intention of enhancing the knowledge and skills of a learner through the actual application of critical competencies in the workplace as identified in the Training Regulations. It is commonly used as synonymous for On-The-Job Training (OJT) and Supervised Industry Training (SIT), henceforth, for TVET, the term OJT and SIT will be replaced with SIL to focus on the Learner’s enhancement of critical competency in a workplace setting. Source: TESDA Circular No. 018 s. 2023 |
| Supervised Industry Learning (SIL) Learner Induction |
refers to an orientation conducted at the workplace of a partner enterprise by the industry trainer prior to actual Supervised Industry Learning, intended to guide the learner in undertaking learning activities in the workplace
Source: TESDA Circular No. 018, s. 2023 |
| Supervised Industry Learning (SIL) Training Plan |
refers to a documented schedule of the actual exercises in the workplace to be undertaken by the Learner specifying the knowledge, skills, and attitude to be enhanced. SIL Training Plan is collaboratively developed by the TVI Trainer, Industry coordinator of the TVI, and the industry trainer/supervisor.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 018 s. 2023 |
| Supplies |
are expendable commodities that are normally consumed within a year in connection with government operations.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 018 s. 2018 |
| Supply-Side Criteria |
internal factors that would indicate the capacity and capability of the TVET training providers to provide for the demand of the labor market and economy.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 060 s. 2020 |
| Sustainable Development | refers to development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. Source: Philippine Green Job Act of 2016 (RA 10771) |
| Sustainable Development Goals (or Global Goals) |
a set of 17 “Global Goals” with 169 targets between that call for action by all countries to end poverty with strategies that build economic growth and addresses a range of social needs including education, health, social protection, and job opportunities, while tackling climate change and environmental protection.
Source: www.un.org |
| Synchronous eLearning |
refers to the live, real-time (and usually scheduled), facilitated instruction, and learning-oriented interaction.
Source: Shahabadi and Uplane, 2015, TESDA Circular No. 104 s. 2019 |
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