Glossary of Terms

include all persons 15 years old and over as of their last birthday who are either employed or unemployed.
Source: PSA

include all persons 15 years old and over as of their last birthday who are neither employed nor unemployed.
Source: PSA

are those whose protection and needs are of concern to the State. They include asylum seekers, refugees, stateless persons, and stateless applicants.
Source: Inter-Agency of Agreement on the Protection of Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Stateless Persons in the Philippines

those suffering from the restriction of different abilities, as a result of mental, physical, or sensory impairment, to perform an activity in the manner or within the range considered normal for a human being.
Source: Republic Act No. 7277 or Magna Carta for Disabled Persons

the documentation of the standards and procedures for conducting management and operations audits. It serves as a friendly tool to internal auditors in appraising the internal control systems of the public entities (agencies). It provides details on the nature and scope of internal audit in the Philippine public sector, including the institutional arrangements of the internal audit function, as well as the protocols and processes for the conduct of an internal audit.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 079 s., 2020

is the national database of quality-assured qualifications authorized under the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF). It provides information to employers, education and training providers, and students.
Source: AQRF Referencing Report of the Philippines, May 2019; TESDA Circular No. 119 s. 2020

a quality assured national system for the development, recognition, and award of qualifications based on standards of knowledge, skills, and values acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers of the country.  It is a national policy describing the levels of educational qualifications and sets the standards for qualification outcomes. It is assessment-based qualification recognition.

Source: IRR of Philippine Qualifications Framework Act (RA No. 10968), TESDA Circular No. 107, s. 2021

refers to the national policy that describes the levels of educational qualifications and sets the standards for qualification outcomes.  It is a quality assured national system for the development, recognition and award of qualifications based on standards of knowledge, skills and values acquired in different ways and methods by learners and workers of a certain country

Source: IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014 (RA 10647)

refers to a package of courses/qualifications, producing technologists, aligned to the requirements of the Philippine Qualifications Framework (PQF) Level 5 stipulated in TESDA Circular No. 38 S. 2017.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 60 s. 2018

a detailed classification of all educational levels in the Philippine educational system. It aims to integrate the different classification schemes being used by the various agencies, for the purpose of standardizing and facilitating the compilation of education statistics as a basis for educational planning, manpower training, labor market studies, and other related activities.
Source: PSA

statistical classification of the different occupational groups of the working population, including the military workforce in the country. It is primarily used as a basis for manpower and educational planning, program formulation, policy decision-making and serves as a useful guide for statistical operations and activities, such as censuses and surveys.
Source: PSA