Glossary of Terms

refers to a school or center-based market-oriented production activities, which provide opportunities for the acquisition of entrepreneurial skills and competencies.
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a relationship between outputs and inputs. It rises when an increase in output occurs with a less than proportionate increase in inputs, or when the same output is produced with fewer inputs
Source: ILO

the outstanding relevant work accomplishments, educational attainment, appropriate training, and competencies required in the performance of the job to be filled. It shall include a demonstration of exceptional job mastery and potential in major areas of responsibility.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019

it contains the list of applicants with information relative to their age, present position, position applying for, present work assignment, education, outstanding achievement, eligibility, address, and contact number.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019

any form of automated processing of personal data consisting of the use of personal data to evaluate certain personal aspects relating to a natural person, in particular, to analyze or predict aspects concerning that natural person’s performance at work, economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.
Source: TESDA Data Privacy Manual version 1.0 s. 2020

(education program) A coherent set or sequence of educational activities designed and organized to achieve pre-determined learning objectives or accomplish a specific set of educational tasks over a sustained period. Within an education program, educational activities may also be grouped into sub-components variously described in national contexts as 'courses', 'modules', 'units', and/or 'subjects'. A program may have major components nor normally characterize as courses, units, or modules, for example, play-based activities, periods of work experience, research projects, and the preparation of dissertations.
Source: ISCED 2011

refers to the process leading to a formal recognition granted by an authorized accrediting agency to an institution’s program as possessing certain standards of quality as defined by the accreditation agency.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 7 s. 2016 a process for assessing and evaluating whether or not the educational delivery system and the program meet specified standards of educational quality.
Source: (Philippine Technological Council-Certification and Accreditation System for Engineering Education

are broad statements that describe what graduates are expected to achieve in their professional or career practice there to five years after graduation. Program educational objectives are based on the needs of the program’s constituencies.
Source: Philippine Technological Council-Certification and Accreditation System for Engineering Education

refers to competencies that the learner should be able to articulate after the completion of a training program.  These competencies are related to knowledge, skills, and attitudes aligned with PQF Level 5 descriptors, 21st Century Skills, and the graduate attributes of an Engineering Technologist based on the Sydney Accord
Source: TESDA Circular No. 38, s. 2017

refers to the process of re-registering a With Training Regulation (WTR) program to conform to the requirements of an amended Training Regulations. It also covers the registration of a previously registered No Training Regulations (NTR) program to the appropriate Training Regulations that covers it.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 7 s. 2016