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 |
|---|---|
| Maintenance Plan |
structured and documented set of tasks that include the activities, procedures, resources, and the time scale required to carry out maintenance.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Program |
a list allocating specific maintenance to specific maintenance to a specific period.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Maintenance Schedule |
a comprehensive list of maintenance and its incidence.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Major Findings | refers to adverse findings on a TVI, involving the commission of any act of fraud, falsification, dishonesty, or gross negligence, which results in the following: 1.) Ghost Training; 2.) Ghost Trainees; 3.) Ghost Candidate for Assessment; 4.) Shortened Training; 5.) Falsification on Training and Assessment Results and Documents; 6.) The exaction of Unauthorized Fees; 7.) Offering Unregistered Programs; 8. Incomplete Tools and Equipment as required in the Training Regulations; 9.) Undersized Training facilities/workshop areas; and 10.) Unqualified trainers and/or unauthorized trainers. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Management Audit |
is a separate evaluation of the effectiveness of internal controls adapted in the operating and support services units/systems to determine whether they achieve the control objectives over a period of time or as of a specific date.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 079 s. 2020 |
| Management Review |
A formal evaluation by the top management of the status, adequacy, suitability and effectiveness of the implementation of the Quality Management System and Quality Standard System
Source: TESDA-QP-03 Rev. 03 |
| Marginalized Workers |
refer to workers who have not benefited from education, health, employment, and other opportunities by reasons of poverty, geographical inaccessibility, culture, gender, among others.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 035 s. 2018, DOLE Department Order No. 17 s. 2017 |
| Mark |
refers to any visible sign capable of distinguishing the goods (trademark) or services (service mark) of an enterprise and shall include a stamped or marked container of goods as defined under the IP Code, as amended, and other related laws.
Source: Sec. 38, R.A. No. 166a, RA No. 8293, as amended |
| Massive Open Online Courses |
an online course aimed at unlimited participation and open access via the web.
Source: Kaplan & Haenlein, 2016 In addition to traditional course materials such as filmed lectures, readings, and problem sets, many MOOCs provide interactive courses with user forums to support community interactions among students, professors and teaching assistants (TAs) as well as immediate feedback to quick quizzes and assignments. MOOCs are a recent and widely researched development in distance education which were first introduced in 2006 and emerged as a popular mode of learning in 2012. Source: Pappano, 2012 |
| Medical and Dental Fees |
refer to all fees intended for health services provided to the learners including physical, dental, and mental health assessment, examination, and treatment in the institution to ascertain that the learner is physically and mentally fit and does not have any contagious diseases.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 60 s. 2018 |
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