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
Apprenticeable Occupation an occupation officially endorsed by a tripartite body and approved for apprenticeship by TESDA. 

Source: RA No. 7796, TESDA Law

refers to trades, occupations and qualifications approved for apprenticeship by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) which requires for proficiency more than three months of practical training on the job supplemented by related theoretical instructions.

Source: TESDA Circular No. 120 s. 2020


Apprenticeship refers to training within employment with compulsory related theoretical instructions involving a contract between an apprentices and an employer on a approved apprenticeable occupation for a duration not exceeding six (6) months.

Source: TESDA Circular No. 120 s. 2020


Apprenticeship Agreement a contract wherein a prospective employer binds himself to train the apprentice who, in turn, accepts the terms/conditions of training for a recognized apprenticeable occupation emphasizing the rights, duties, and responsibilities of each party.

Source: RA No. 7796, TESDA Law


Apprenticeship Contract an agreement wherein an enterprise binds itself to train the apprentice who in turn accepts the terms of training for the recognized apprenticeable qualifications and emphasizing the rights, duties, and responsibilities of each party.

Source: Guidelines in the Implementation of Reformed Apprenticeship Program


Area-Based and Demand-Driven TVET responsive to the critical needs defined by the industries and employers to produce rightfully skilled workers in specific area or locality.

Source: -


Area-Based Skills Map refers to the compilation of the skills requirements culled from different references and mapping of the availability of TVET programs vis-a-vis the industry requirements in the areas which also include emerging skills and soft skills requirements

Source: TESDA Circular 101, s. 2021


Area-Based Skills Requirement refers to skills, essential competencies and behavior that responds to labor market needs defined by the relevant industries and employers at regional and provincial level. As labor market needs vary from one area to the other, the national level skills requirements include the summary of the regional and provincial skills requirements and those skills identified and required at the national level.

Source: TESDA Circular No. 001 s. 2021


Area/Environment Scanning refers to the possession and utilization of information about trends, competitive advantage, technologies, clients, economic activities, labor supply, and related legislations in an area

Source: www.managementstudyguide.com as cited in TESDA Circular No. 039, s. 2023


Articulation refers to a process that allows students to make the smooth transition from one (1) course, program, or education level to the next without experiencing duplication of learning.

Source: RA No. 10647, IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014


Artificial Intelligence (AI) the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings. The term is frequently applied to the project of developing systems endowed with the intellectual processes characteristic of humans, such as the ability to reason, discover meaning, generalize, or learn from past experience.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2018



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