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 |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Education Innovations |
is refer to improvements in curriculum, teaching pedagogies, learning equipment or facilities, learning delivery modes and learning processes.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 060 s. 2020 |
| Educational Base |
is defined as the programs through which practitioners normally satisfy the academic requirements for the engineering roles currently known amongst the initial signatories of the Accord - International Engineering Alliance.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 150 s. 2020 |
| Effectiveness |
guideline in the policy formulation and/or procedures that require less time and effort to accomplish the task/activity.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 041, s. 2018 |
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