TESDA
CCI TESDA Officers
Sr. Alecia L. Dumaboc, OND
School President/ ACAC Manager
Jocelyn C. Diaz
Asst. ACAC Manager/ TESDA Focal Person
Kristine Lily O. Francisco
Processing Officer/ CSS NC II Trainer/ TM Trainer
Geronimo M. Salomes Jr.
Encoder
Jean P. Lim
Cashier
Engr. Vicmar G. Francisco
CSS NC II Trainer
Evangelyn V. Bugahod
BKP NC III Trainer
Ma. Preciosa A. Megabon
BPP NC II Trainer/ TM Trainer
QUALIFICATIONS/ PROGRAMS OFFERED:
• Trainers Methodology Level 1
• Bookkeeping NC III
• Computer Systems Servicing NC II
• Bread & Pastry Production NC II
OMINUBUS GUIDELINES FOR TESDA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS
These guidelines shall cover all existing scholarship programs of TESDA such as but not limited to Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP), Special Training for Employment Program (STEP), Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA), Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTEA), Tulong Trabaho Scholarship Program (TTSP), and all other scholarship programs which shall come into existence regardless of the source of funds. The salient provisions of the corresponding TESDA Circular for each particular Scholarship Program that are not inconsistent with these guidelines shall also be adopted, if any.
Claret College of Isabela, Inc. hereby undertakes, commits and warrants the following:
1. Promote the TWSP/PESFA/UAQTEA/TTSP in enhancing the competitiveness and productivity of the workforce through skills training programs;
2. Ensure that each scholar should undergo pre-qualification process in accordance with the industry pre-hiring requirements. All application forms should be properly and completely accomplished with the latest Passport Size ID Photos of the Trainees duly attached;
3. Notify the qualified scholarship grantees of their acceptance and the actual training schedule;
4. Ensure that scholars fully understand the provisions of their Commitment of Undertaking as stated in the Scholarship Grant Certificate;
5. Shall not exact additional fees from the scholars;
6. Conduct, in coordination with the Provincial Office, the Training Induction Program before the conduct of any training;
7. Submit to the Provincial Office (PO) the Actual Training Schedules, as to the specific dates and time, including “On the Job Trainings” held outside of the school premises within FIVE (5) CALENDAR DAYS after the start of training. Said training schedules as submitted shall be final and can no longer be amended unless force majeure occurs. In said case however, the adjusted training schedules shall be submitted immediately one day after the occurrence of such an event;
8. After the start of the Training Program, the Enrolment Report together with the name of their respective Trainers for each particular batch should be submitted to the Provincial Office within the maximum period of twenty percent 20% of the training duration.
Likewise, the Terminal Report shall be submitted within fifteen (15) calendar days after the end of the training period.
9. Motivate and nurture the scholars to maintain one hundred percent (100%) completion of the program;
10. Exert effort to ensure a one hundred percent (100%) attendance of the trainees.
11. Comply with the documentary requirements for payment of the training and/or entrepreneurship costs and the assessment fees based on the number of the scholars who have completed the training program, as evidenced by the submitted attendance sheet, duly signed by the scholars and their respective trainers.
12. Immediately after the training, ensure that one hundred percent (100%) of the scholars shall undergo the mandatory Competency Assessment for qualifications with Training Regulations (TR) with the corresponding Competency Assessment Tools (CATS), with accredited assessment centers and assessors for the successful graduates;
13. Institutionalize a functional Job Linkaging and Networking Services (JoLiNS) – a delivery platform to facilitate job hunting for TVET graduates and alumni by providing them services and information to land a job;
14. Institutionalize effective monitoring system/database to establish reliable status reports such as but not limited to employment reports of the scholars-graduates;
15. Comply with the requirements of TESDA on absorptive capacity, seventy-five (75%) employment rate, and one hundred percent (100%) budget utilization rate;
16. Ensure proper documentation of the training programs as to the conduct of training programs, attendance of trainees, and the publication/posting of list of graduates in local newspaper or website/Facebook Page,
17. Allow TESDA Provincial Office reasonable time to conduct due diligence in the examination of the submitted billing documents and verification of at least twenty percent (20%) of the scholars through random audit, by conducting personal calls or private messaging, and if necessary, face to face interviews, before any payment is made;
18. Provide TESDA and the Commission on Audit (COA) access to the TVI in the conduct of on-the-spot random audits on the ongoing and completed TWSP/STEP/PESFA scholarship programs of the TVI. The subject of the inspection/audit are the TVI’s compliance with TESDA’s training regulations, TVET program registration, and guidelines of the scholarship programs, among others;
19. Submit a comment and/or reply within seventy-two (72) hours from receipt of the findings of any spot audit, compliance audit or COA audit in observance of our constitutional right to due process;
20. Submit all other documents as may be required by TESDA and/or the COA, within the stated period:
QUALIFICATIONS/PROGRAMS COVERED
1. Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) – is a scholarship program which provides immediate interventions to produce the needed skilled and certified workers and fill-up the unfilled jobs in key industry sectors in the country. The TWSP seeks to support rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth through course offerings in priority industries and key employment generators. The following programs are also covered by the TWSP:
a. Trainers Methodology (TM) Level I and Level ll including Cluster of Competency/ies (CoC) of private and public TVIs shall be covered with scholarship;
2. Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) — is one form of assistance to students in private education under RA 8645, otherwise known as “Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education Act”. PESFA offers educational grants to qualified and deserving college freshmen both in degree and non-degree courses. The program seeks to extend financial assistance to marginalized but deserving students in post-secondary non-degree courses, promote TVET, contribute to the development of a competent skilled workforce and assist private institutions in their development efforts by assuring a steady supply of enrollees to their course offerings.
3. Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education (UAQTEA) – a program established through Republic Act No. 10931 providing for free tuition and other school fees in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) and state-run Technical Vocational Institutions (STVIs), establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student Loan Program (SLP), strengthening the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST), and appropriating funds therefor.
a. Free WET in Post-Secondary State-Run TVIs (STVI)
All Filipino learners who are currently enrolled at the time of the effectivity of the Act, or shall enroll at any time thereafter, in any TESDA-registered TVET program leading to a non-degree certificate or diploma, including diploma courses and bundled programs, and offered by STVIs shall be eligible for the free TVET provision, provided that they comply with the admission and retention policies and existing residency rules of the STVIs
b. Tertiary Education and Subsidy (TES)
The TES program is established to benefit all Filipino learners who shall enroll in postsecondary TVET programs registered under TESDA and offered in all TESDA-recognized privately-run institutions, subject to prioritization and availability of funds, provided that they comply with the admission and retention policies and existing residency rules of the institutions.
4. Tulong Trabaho Scholarship Program (TTSP) — a scholarship program established through Republic Act No. 11230 which mainly aims to provide more innovative approaches to TVET linked to the requirements of industry to primarily address unemployment and job-skill mismatch through the delivery of Selected Training Programs (STPs) to qualified recipients. The TTSP is primarily governed by TESDA Circular No. 131, series of 2019.
BENEFICIARIES
A. Target Beneficiaries
TESDA Scholarship Programs seek to address the needs of prospective beneficiaries from industries, communities, and the special clients;
B. Qualifications of Beneficiaries
1. Filipino Citizen;
2. Must not be a current beneficiary of other government educational scholarship or subsidy program for beneficiaries.
3. Age Requirements:
a. For TWSP, at least 18 years of age at the time he/she finishes the training program;
b. For PESFA, at least fifteen (15) years old at the start of the training program;
4. For PESFA, must be at least high school graduate/high school completer; and
5. For PESFA, with an annual family income of three hundred thousand (P300, 000.00) and below.
6. For UAQTEA, at least Ten (10) years basic education, including those who graduated from high school through the Alternative Learning System, and other entry requirement as stipulated in Section III of existing Training Regulation;
a. For TES under the UAQTEA, priority shall be given to:
1) Learners included in the most recently updated Listahanan 2.0, if available.
2) Learners not included in the updated Listahanan 2.0 ranked according to their estimated per capita household income based on the submitted documents of proof of income (e.g. Income Tax Return or DSWD Certificate of Indigency)
The prioritization shall not apply to leaners in the cities and municipalities with no existing SUCs, LUCs, and LGU run institutions.
b. Non-Eligibility to Free TVET and TES:
The following learners are not eligible to avail of Free TVET and TES benefits:
1) For Free TVET:
a) Learners who have obtained a bachelor’s degree;
b) Learners who are already holders of a certificate or diploma for a technical-vocational course equivalent to National Certificate Level III or higher, except if the learner intends to enroll in bundled courses or programs in Level IV or Diploma;
c) Learners who fail in any public TVET course;
d) Learners enrolled in TVET programs not registered/recognized under TESDA; and
e) Learners who voluntarily opt out of the free TVET provision.
2) For TES:
a) Learners enrolled in TESDA-registered/ recognized programs in any TVI who availed of government-funded StuFaps other than Free TVET provision;
b) Learners who did not undertake and/or qualify under the TVIs’ screening/assessment procedure, or skills competency evaluation
c) Learners enrolled in TVET programs not included in the Registry, subject to the transitory provisions in Section 57 of the IRR.
Learners who are NOT ELIGIBLE to avail of the Free TVET and TES benefits shall be charged the corresponding training cost and other training-related costs determined by the TESDA Board subject to the transitory provisions in Section 54 of the IRR.
7. Other specific requirements as specified in the corresponding TESDA Circular covering the scholarship program, if any.
SCHOLARSHIP BENEFITS
1. Each scholar shall be entitled to the benefits prescribed by law and the entitlement must be strictly made in accordance with government accounting and auditing rules and regulations:
2. The approved standard fees based on the Schedule of Cost for TESDA Scholarship Programs shall strictly be applied. The TVI shall not exact any additional training fees from the beneficiaries.
3. All TESDA scholars shall be entitled to an insurance coverage under the GSIS Group Personal Accident Insurance (GPAI) for a period of one (1) year following the procedures set forth in TESDA Circular No. 091, Series of 2019.
ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
1. The Regional and Provincial Directors shall ensure that the qualifications included in the TESDA Scholarship Programs Schedule of Cost shall have readily available accredited assessment centers and assessors preferably within the Region; and
2. In line with the TESDA policy on assessment and certification program, competency assessment shall be mandatory for qualifications with Training Regulations (TRs) with CATs.
MULTIPLE AVAILMENT OF SCHOLARSHIP
Following the principle of multi-skilling to increase the productivity and self-reliance of the beneficiaries, multiple availment shall be allowed provided that the training shall be availed one at a time and not simultaneously. The additional qualifications must be related or towards higher level qualification.