Glossary of Terms

a place of instruction, with training facilities, structures, and equipment. (Train Lead Develop (TLD) Consulting) It refers to any of the following: Community-based – refers to TVET programs intended to address the specific needs of the community training. Training programs may be delivered in an informal or formal setting in the community. These are programs implemented with TESDA assistance. Enterprise-based - refers to TVET programs delivered in the enterprise which maybe in-plant or stand-alone, or maybe linked with a training provider. These programs are offered to industry groups or to enterprises employees and individuals. Institution-based – TVET refers to TESDA-registered programs delivered in the institution or through the different flexible learning modalities by the following: TESDA Technology Institutions (TTIs), Private Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs), Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), Public TVIs such as State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Colleges and Universities (LUCs) and Training centers established by the Local Government Unit (LGU) Monitored Program - skills training programs that have TVET component conducted by other National Government Agencies and other skills training that has to be reported to TESDA.

an entitlement to education or training issued to a learner or trainee and redeemable for the course and provider of the student’s choice.

shall mean persons who provide training to trainers aimed at developing the latter’s capacities for imparting attitudes, knowledge, skills and behavior patterns required for specific jobs, tasks, occupations or group of related occupations.

a document attesting to the examinee’s successful completion of certain competencies within an occupational level.

refers to the property of a unit of competency to be used in a range of different contexts within an industry in across industries or across industries.

a program, class or course designed to prepare people for the transfer from one level of education to the next, or from education to the workforce.

refers to the shared administration of the education system by the three (3) agencies responsible for each education level: Department of Education (DepEd) for basic education; the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for technical-vocational education and training; and Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for higher education.

a scholarship program for the Implementation of the Stakeholder Support Mechanism Component under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP) of the Department of Transportation (DOTr), to capacitate the stakeholders of the program through skills training and assessment.

an act instituting a Philippine labor force competencies, competitiveness program, and free access to technical-vocational education and training (TVET) and appropriating funds therefor.

a scholarship program established through R.A. No. 11230 which mainly aims to provide more innovative approaches to TVET linked to the requirements of industry to primarily address unemployment and job-skill mismatch through the delivery of Selected Training Programs (STPs) to qualified recipients.