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 |
|---|---|
| Risk |
effect of uncertainty on objectives; characterized in terms of a combination of the consequences of an event (including changes in circumstances) and the associated likelihood or occurrence.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 133 s. 2019 |
| Risk Management |
the coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to risks. It is not a standalone activity that is separate from the main activities and processes of the organization. Risk management is part of the responsibilities of management and an integral part of all organizational processes.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 079 s., 2020 |
| Running Maintenance |
maintenance that can be carried out while the item is in service.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017 |
| Sariling Sikap Program (SSP) | refers to income-generating projects/undertakings in various training-cum-production including but not limited to trade testing, use of training equipment and facilities, consultancy and technical services, and repair and maintenance services by which income derived from these activities shall be deposited in a Revolving Fund (considered perpetuating and self-liquidating) maintained for that purpose. The fund shall be utilized to defray all costs/expenditures necessary to carry out the Sariling Sikap projects/activities but not limited to supplies and materials, repairs and maintenance, replacement of lost items and breakages, essential equipment necessary to operate the program, traveling expenses, power services, honoraria of personnel involved. Source: Executive Order 939, s. 1984; COA-OBM-MoF Joint Circular No. 7-85 |
| Scholars |
refers to the beneficiaries of TESDA Scholarship Programs.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 105 s. 2019 |
| Scholarship Allocation Plan (SAP) | the document that describes the absorptive capacity of registered TVET providers, the in-demand qualifications/critical skills requirements, and key employment generators that identifies/captures the target number of scholarship training seats per industry/sector needed in an area (Region/Province) and the budgetary requirements to implement the scholarship program in the respective Region/Province. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004 s. 2024 |
| Scholarship Information System (SIS) | refers to the sub-module of the TESDA Training Management Information System (T2MIS) designed to efficiently process, evaluate and monitor the scholarship programs being implemented by TESDA. This is to fast-track the preparation and approval of the pertinent documents needed prior to the implementation of the program and automatically evaluate the TVET institutions if it is within the eligible requirements to conduct scholarship training. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| School Credentials |
refer to academic credentials such as a degree or a diploma, educational or completion certificates, or similar documents that indicate completion or accumulation of credits from a program such as transfer credentials, student academic records, and transcript of records.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023 |
| School-Based Programs |
refer to the direct delivery or provision of TVET programs by the TESDA-Administered schools. State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), local Universities and Colleges (LUCs), and private higher education institutions (HEIs) and TVIs.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 131 s. 2019 |
| Second Level Positions |
are positions up to division chief level characterized by professional, technical, and scientific work in a non-supervisory or supervisory capacity requiring at least four (4) years of collegiate studies, Positions in the second level are categorized as executive/managerial, supervisory, and non-supervisory.
Source: CSC MC No. 13 s. of 2011, TESDA Circular No. 119, s. 2019 |
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