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 |
|---|---|
| Gender and Development Mainstreaming in TVET |
integration of GAD perspective into the analyses, formulation, monitoring, and evaluation of TVET policies, programs and projects in the development agenda, with the ultimate goal to achieve gender equality.
Source: UN |
| Gender Equality, Disability and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) |
refers to efforts to ensure people from all backgrounds, including women and gender diverse people, people with a disability and people facing another form of marginalization, can equitably access, use, contribute to, influence and benefit from the design, development and governance of TVET. A GEDSI lens is used to prevent unintended harm, exclusion and further marginalization of at-risk groups, and to promote their rights, equitable opportunities and benefits
Source: The Australian Government's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, as cited in the TESDA Circular No. 039, s. 2023 |
| Gender Sensitive |
means being able to appreciate the differences between men and women; understand how gender shape their roles in the society, and how it affects the relationship between them. It means becoming aware of gender concerns in order to respond to gender issues.
Source: Philippine Commission on Women |
| General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) |
is a multilateral framework of rules and disciplines aiming for the expansion and progressive liberalization of services trade, based on increasingly transparent and predictable rules and regulations.
Source: https://www.wto.org; www.giz.de |
| Geographic Information System (GIS) |
a system designed to capture, store, manipulate, analyze, manage, and present all types of geographical data. The key word to this technology is Geography – this means that some portion of the data is spatial.
Source: University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries, 2018 |
| Ghost Candidates for Assessment | refers to persons who are listed/reported in the MIS 03-02 and in the Registry of Workers Assessed and Certified (RWAC) but did not attend the assessment as verified by TESDA. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Ghost trainees | refer to persons reported to have attended the training for the purpose of obtaining payment of the corresponding scholarship allocation, but upon verification by TESDA are found to be fictitious Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Ghost Training | refers to training reported as held solely for the purpose of obtaining payment of the corresponding scholarship allocation, but upon verification by TESDA was not actually conducted. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Gig Economy |
a way of working that is based on people having temporary jobs or doing separate pieces of work, each paid separately, rather than working for an employer
Source: Dictionary.cambridge.org |
| Globalization |
refers to the integration of markets, trade and investments with few barriers to ease the movement or flow of products and services between nations.
Source: Daly, 199 and Gray, 2017, as cited in TESDA Circular No. 097, s. 2021 |
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