21 October 2012
As the nation gears up to celebrate the Dual Training System (DTS) week, Secretary Joel Villanueva knocked on the doors of industries to help provide venues for hands-on training of technical vocational students throughout the country.
“The sustained involvement of our partner companies will combine theory and practice, and provide students with solid professional experience, the very essence of the Dual Training System,” Villanueva, Director General of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said.
The DTS Week will be celebrated in the country on October 21 to 28 to promote awareness, interest and utilization of the DTS as a delivery system in tech-voc training. It will carry the theme, “School-Industry Partnership for Global Competitiveness through DTS.”
Part of the celebration are the holding of recognition rites for accredited institutions and establishments, poster making contest among tech-voc students, blogging entry contest and other advocacy activities.
This year, the national celebration will be held at the Dualtech Training Center in Canlubang, Laguna. DualtechTraining Center is one of the pioneers in the adoption of DTS in the country and until now remains to be a top institution providing quality training for its students.
The DTS is a training modality that combines theoretical and practical training. It is called dual training because learning takes place alternately in two venues: the school or training center and the company or workshop.
The school and the workplace share the responsibility of providing trainees with learning experience and opportunities.
"With the fast changing technology and the continuous rising demand for skilled workers, hands-on training in the companies is necessary to equip the workers with the required competencies," Villanueva said.
To encourage more schools and companies to participate in the program, Villanueva said that the government provides incentives in the form of tax deduction to those who qualify for TESDA accreditation. The Director General added that TESDA recently issued a new set of guidelines allowing some flexibility in program implementation.
The program was institutionalized in February 1994 when then President Fidel Ramos signed into law Republic Act No. 7686 or the Dual Training System Act of 1994. The law called for the institutionalization of the DTS in accredited public and private educational institutions, training centers, and agricultural, industrial and business establishments.
Under the DTS Law, TESDA is mandated to promote, coordinate, and administer the dual training system. The school-industry partnership component of the system is a vital determinant of program success and effectiveness. They start working together in making the training plan and determining the best way by which the trainee can learn as much knowledge and skills during the training period.
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