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
Restoration
maintenance actions intended to bring back an item to its original appearance or state.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 59 s. 2017
Resultant Qualification

refers to the TR-based qualification included or embedded in a specific course in the diploma program.


Source: TESDA Circular No. 039, s. 2024
Retention
refers to being held one academic year level behind when the required final passing grade of a certain number of course(s) enrolled is not met.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 021, s. 2023
Retraining
training for acquisition of skills and knowledge required in practicing an occupation other than the one for which the person was originally trained. It may require training specialization.  training enabling individuals to acquire new skills giving access either to a new occupation or to new professional activities. (CEDEFOP 2008, Europe)
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Returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)
training Filipinos working abroad and who are returning to the Philippines due to expiration of work contracts, retirement or deportation.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 58 s. 2016
Revenue
refers to all monetary and non-monetary benefits derived as a result of the development, production, transfer, use, and/or commercialization of IPRs, including income from assignments and royalties from licenses.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 023 s. 2021
Review
the activity was undertaken to determine the suitability, adequacy, and effectiveness of the action plan.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 017 s. 2018
Review (of the Training Regulation)
a process of revisiting and examining the whole TR, from Section 1 to 4, with the goal of instituting the recommended changes and updates on the document brought about by current and emerging skills requirements of industry due to new technology and practices. This activity is being undertaken to ensure validity, recency, suitability and effectiveness.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 046 s. 2021
Revised Foreign Investment Negative List
refers to a list of regulated sectors in which non-Filipinos or foreign nationals face varying levels of restrictions on the ownership of entities operating in those sectors.  Negative List now allows 100 percent foreign participation in:  training centers that are engaged in short-term high-level skills development that do not form part of the formal education system; and teaching at higher education levels (provided the subject being taught is not  a professional subject)
Source: TESDA Circular No. 097, s. 2021
Revocation
refers to the official cancellation and withdrawal of accreditation awarded to the Assessment Center or Competency Assessor.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 134, s. 2019


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