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 |
|---|---|
| Course Description | describes the objectives and coverage of the course Source: Manual for the Evaluation of PQF Level 5 Diploma Programs, as cited in TESDA Circular No. 039, s, 2024 |
| Course Outcomes | are statements of what a learner is expected to know, understand, and be able to do at the end of a period of learning. Source: TESDA Circular No. 38, s.2017; AQRF Concept Note No, 2, Learning Outcomes and Qualification Frameworks, as referenced by TESDA Circular No. 119 s. 2020 |
| Course Specifications |
pertains to the details on how the qualification will be learned, either as full qualification or integrated in other courses.
Source: TESDA Circular No.86, Series of 2019, as referenced by TESDA Circular No. 119 s. 2020 |
| Course Title |
refers to the name of the program to be offered. It is usually derived from the qualification title of the training regulations or it takes the qualification title of the training regulations if the program is designed to cover the entire qualification.
Source: TESDA Procedures Manual on Program Registration the title of the course based on the Qualfication as agreed upon by partner TVIs, HEIs, and Industry. Source: Manual for the Evaluation of PQF Level 5 Diploma Programs, as cited in TESDA Circular No. 039, s. 2024 |
| Creator |
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 |
| Credit | 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. Source: - refers to the value given to a particular course or subject based on competencies and learning outcomes. Source: IRR of Ladderized Education Act of 2014 (RA 10647) |
| Credit Transfer |
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: IRR of the Ladderized Education Act of 2014 (RA No. 10647) 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 |
| Crisis |
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 |
| Crisis of Communication |
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 |
| Critical Aspects of Competency |
the required knowledge skills and attitude that must be acquired and performed by an individual candidate.
Source: - |
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