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 |
|---|---|
| Dropout |
is withdrawal from an education or training program before its completion.
Source: CEDEFOP 2008, Europe as cited in TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023 Temporary or permanent withdrawal from an education or training program before its completion. May also refer to a person who has failed to complete a course. Source: EU Commission AL 2010, Europe as cited in TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023 |
| Dropping |
is officially disenrolling from one or more courses while remaining enrolled in at least one course
Source: TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023 |
| Drug Surrenderer |
refers to person who voluntarily submitted themselves to authorities for proper intervention and are assessed as drug users or dependents.
Source: DILG Joint Memorandum Circular No. 2018-01 |
| Dual Training System (DTS) |
a learning modality that provides in-school and in-plant training interventions following a mutually-designed competency-based curriculum and outcome-based training plan without prior notice and advice to the local government unit concerned.
Source: Amended Implementing Rules and Regulations of the DTS Act of 1994 (RA 7686); TESDA Circular No. 054 s. 2019 |
| Dual Training System (DTS) Accreditation |
refers to the process of granting of a qualified status to a TVI and its partner establishment to implement the DTS program that meets all the requirements of the DTS Law, particularly on the prescribed payment of the trainee's allowance.
Source: Amended Implementing Rules and Regulations of the DTS Act of 1994 (RA 7686); TESDA Circular No. 054 s. 2019 |
| Dual Training Sytem (DTS) Trainee |
a person who undergoes training for the purpose of aquiring and developing job qualifications.
Source: Amended Implementing Rules and Regulations of the DTS Act of 1994 (RA 7686); TESDA Circular No. 054 s. 2019 |
| Dual Training Sytem (DTS) Program |
a TVET program that utilizes a curriculum/training plan that provides for in-school and in-plant training and specifies DTS as its instructional delivery based on strict standards set forth by R.A. No. 7686 and carried out only in qualifications to be determined by the TESDA Board in consultation with Industry Partners, concerned TVIs and the concerned offices of the TESDA Secretariat.
Source: Amended Implementing Rules and Regulations of the DTS Act of 1994 (RA No. 7686) |
| Dual Training Sytem (DTS) Trainer |
a person in the accredited DTS Establishment who directs trainees to the practice of skills. A DTS trainer may also be a Training Coordinator.
Source: Amended Implementing Rules and Regulations of the DTS Act of 1994 (RA 7686); TESDA Circular No. 054 s. 2019 |
| Due Diligence | is a process that involves risk and compliance checks, concluding an investigation/review/audit to verify facts and information about a particular subject to ensure that all requirements are compiled with. Source: TESDA Circular No. 004, s. 2024 |
| Duration of Training |
the training period or the nominal duration of the SIL as specified in the Training Regulations for WTR.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 018 s. 2023 eight (8) hours training in one (1) day. Source: Memorandum No. 209, s. of 2020; TESDA-OP-AS-01 |
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