Glossary of Terms

refer to public HEIs which are financed and maintained by the national government, and are governed by their respective independent board of trustees or regents in accordance with the law.
Source: UNIFAST Implementing Rules and Regulations

refer to public technical-vocational institutions such as TESDA Technology Institutions (TTIs), State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs,) and LGU run training centers offering registered TVET programs under the Unified TVET Program Registration and Accreditation System (UTPRAS).
Source: TESDA Circular No. 60 s. 2018

refers to the lowest wage rate fixed by law that an employer can pay his/her workers.
Source: National Wages and Productivity Commission Guidelines No. 01, s. 2007

an international convention on Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping for Seafarers prescribes minimum standards relating to training, certification, and watchkeeping which signatory countries are obliged to meet or exceed.
Source: International Maritime Organization

is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, commonly used in relation to education and skills. It is also seen as an approach to a pedagogical strategy that emphasizes application of knowledge, skills, and values from the disciplines of Science, Technology., Engineering and Mathematics, in an integrated manner to help students solve problems encountered in the real world.
Source: UNESCO-UNEVOC

any technology (including devices and materials) used to place, keep and retrieve electronic data. It refers to a physical device or component in a computing system that receives and retains information e.g. data disks.
Source: TESDA Circular No. 084 s. 2020

refers to the evaluation system measuring the performance of the rank-in-file employees using the Individual Performance Commitment Review (IPCR) Form.
Source: Memorandum No. 209, s. of 2020, TESDA-OP-AS-01

projects or tasks that go beyond the employee’s job description and his or her comfort zone, and to acquire new skills as a result of the experience such as: leading or implementing a new project, organizing a conference, leading a technical working group, a cross-functional team or an inter-agency group, action research on a new program.
Source: Memorandum No. 209, s. of 2020, TESDA-OP-AS-01

refest to a system of Scholarships, Grants-in-Aid, Student Loans, subsidies, and other incentives which are or shall be made available to eligible students
Source: TESDA Circular No. 027-A, s. 2022

are the insured Learners enrolled in TVET programs registered under TESDA and offered in all TESDA-recognized TVIs who are eligible to avail of the Tertiary Education Subsidy (TES).
Source: TESDA Circular No. 091 s. 2019