Glossary of Terms

refers to any person who creates, conceives, reduces to practice, or otherwise makes a significant/substantive intellectual contribution to the creation of Intellectual Property.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 023 s. 2021

the acknowledgement that a person has satisfied the requirements of a module (subject) or unit of competency either through previous study or recognition of prior learning.  refers to the value given to a particular course or subject based on competencies and learning outcomes.
Source: RA No. 10647, IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014

recognition and carrying forward of overlapping learning from a TVET modular, stand-alone program to a higher education program with unit credits given in the appropriate degree course subject(s) for learners that will go to the college course.
Source: CHED Memo Order No. 43, s. 2008 refers to a credit conversion established to promote student mobility by ensuring that units earned from different modalities are credited by the institutions.
Source: RA No. 10647, IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014 it is a mechanism for determining the equivalencies between two existing qualifications and agreement on the amount of credit that may be awarded from this matching of equivalencies.
Source: PHL AQRF Referencing Report, May 2019

state of affairs characterized by an existing problem or developing issue negatively affecting the agency’s reputation, operations, or relation with the public which requires immediate action. State of affairs characterized by an existing problem or developing issue negatively affecting the agency’s reputation, operations, or relation with the public which requires immediate action.
Source: Memorandum No. 234, s. 2020

the activities or actions pursued in response to the crisis to mitigate or prevent further damage to the agency’s reputation and relation with the public.
Source: Memorandum No. 234, s. 2020

the required knowledge skills and attitude that must be acquired and performed by an individual candidate.
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competencies that are essential in the operations of a firm or group of firms within an industry as identified by industry experts.
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the competency/element of the employee has in relation to the delivery of outputs and the execution of the job.
Source: Memorandum No. 209, s. of 2020; TESDA-OP-AS-01

is the process of allowing students/learners from and outside the institution to enroll in another institution upon the approval of the dean or any applicable committee/council.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023

a systematic group of courses or sequences of subjects required for graduation or certification in a major field of study; or a general overall plan of the content or specific materials of instruction that the school should offer the student by way of qualifying him for graduation or certification of entrance into a professional or vocational field; or c) a body of prescribed educational experience under school supervision, designed to provide an individual with the best possible training and experience to fit him for a trade or profession.
Source: (Manual of Policies and Guidelines on the Establishment and Operation of Public and Private TVET Institutions, First Ed., 2001