Assessment and

Certification: The Key

to Credit Transfer

System

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority

Gaspar S. Gayona, Ph.D., CESO III

TECHNICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING• Technical Education designed at upper secondary and lower tertiary levels to prepare middle level persons (technicians,

middle management etc.) and at University level to prepare engineers and technologists for higher management

positions. Technical education includes general education, theoretical, scientific and technical studies and related skills

training. The component of technical education may vary considerably depending on the types of personnel to be

prepared and the education level.

• Vocational Education is designed mainly to lead participants to acquire the practical skills, know-how and

understanding necessary for employment in a particular occupation or trade or class of occupations or trades.

Successful completion of such programs can lead, but not necessarily to a labor-market relevant vocational

qualification recognized by the competent authorities in the country, like Ministry of Labor & Employment, Education

etc.

• Training is learning experience that leads to the acquisition of a skill. It is a process for preparing people for different

jobs enabling them to improve their job-capacities and potentials.

Concepts and Terms in Educational Planning: A Guidebook , Y.P. Aggarwal R.S. Thakur , Published by the Registrar, National institute of Educational Planning and Administration, 17-B, Sri Aurobindo Marg, New Delhi and printed by the Publication Unit, NIEPA at M/s. Suchi Advertising, Shakti Nagar, Delhi 110007. July 2003

. . . refers to the specific courses, academic programs, and learning

experiences that individual students complete as they progress in

their education toward graduation. (Singular)

. . . similar to any of its common synonyms, such as multiple

pathways or personalized pathways - typically refers to the various

courses, programs, and learning opportunities offered by schools,

community organizations, or local businesses that allow students to

earn academic credit and satisfy graduation requirements. (Plural)

Learning Pathway

- Great Schools Partnership (2014), The Glossary of Education Reform

• a process that involves assigning equivalent academic

credits to the competencies demonstrated by a student

through assessment

• providing entry points to the next higher level qualification

without having to unnecessarily retake courses on which

a student has already demonstrated competence and

knowledge.

• providing opportunities to the student to continue to learn

and to re-enter the educational program at a higher level

Equivalency

- RA No. 1064- "Ladderized Education Act of 2014”

Technical Education Skills Development

HIGHER EDUCATION

POST BACCALAUREATE

DOCTORAL AND

POST DOCTORAL

BACCALAUREATE

NC I

G12

10

THE PHL QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK(Adopted by the TESDA Board on May 9, 2012)

Basic Education

L 8

L 7

L 6

L 5

L 4

L 3

L 2

L 1

DIPLOMA

NC III

NC II

NC IV

CTS

CTS

THE CBET MODEL IS BASED ON NVQ FRAMEWORK

LEVEL 1

LEVEL 2

LEVEL 3

LEVEL 4

LEVEL 5

Semi-skilled, entry level worker (Supervised)

Skilled Worker (Unsupervised)

Technician Supervisor

Master Craftsman Technologist

Advanced Professional Senior Manager

MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGYPersonal Growth and Organizational Dynamics

Group Process

Interpersonal Relations

(Team Work, CRM)

Understanding

Organization

Communication Skills

(Oral, Written, `Listening)

Individual Development Process

Thinking

Skills

Unstructured Individual

Development

(Self – Efficacy & Leadership,

Logic, Ethics, Philo of Human

Person)

Individual Counseling

Pre-Assessment

Theories in Electrical,

Electronics and

Construction

Technology

Introduction to Systems

and Problem Analysis

Research (Statistics)

Math

Entrepreneur-ship

Computer Literacy

Requisite Competencies

Methods of Advanced

Operations

Machining

Welding

CAD/CAM Operation CADD

2D-3D

Core Competencies

OWAW

CNC Lathe/ Milling Machine

Operations

Value Adding

Competencies

Fundamentals of

Management

People Skills and

Management/ Stress

Management

Strategic Management

(Planning and Organizing)

Customer Relations

Management

Operations Management

Project Management

Fundamentals of Negotiation

Higher Order Thinking

Skills

Critical Thinking

Problem-Solving

Decision-Making

Independent Research

on Applied Operations

Industry Immersion

Assessment

Mechatronics Servicing

HVAC

DepEd

• Philippine Educational Placement Test

(PEPT)

• Alternative Learning System Accreditation

and Equivalency (ALS A&E) Test

TESDA

• Philippine TVET Competency Assessment

and Certification System (PTCACS)

CHED

• Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency

and Accreditation Program (ETEEAP),

Equivalency Programs

Recognition

of Prior

Learning

. . . refers to the acknowledgment of a person's skills

and knowledge through previous training, work or life

experience, which maybe used to grant status or credit

for acquired competencies.

- RA No. 1064- "Ladderized Education Act of 2014”

Recognition of Prior Learning

Development of Competency Standards

Development of Competency Assessment Instruments

Accreditation of Assessors and Assessment Centers

Conduct of Competency Assessment

• Industry Experts

• Industry Association

• Industry Experts

•Academe

•Guidelines prepared by CO

•Regional/Provincial Offices (POs)train assessors

•POs accredit assessors and assessment centers

Approval of the TESDA BoardCertification

Revisit

10

•Demonstration

•Questioning (oral/written)

•Written test

•Observation

•Portfolio

• interview

Competency Assessment and

Certification System

SCHEDULING

ASSESSMENT

APPLICATION

CERTIFICATION

RWAC

REPORTING

Registry of Workers Assessed & Certified

Not Yet Competent

Competent

Publication

in the On-

line Registry

• Self Assessment Guide

• Application Form

•Accredited assessment centers•Accredited assessors

Accredited Assessment Centers

Assessment Center/Provincial Office

Assessment and Certification Process

NC-Plastic Card

Registry of Workers Assessed

and Certified

Online Registry of Certified Workers

Quality Procedures Manuals

Accreditation of assessment centers

Accreditation of competency assessors

Conduct of Assessment

Issuance of certificate

Compliance audit

Complaints and appeal

Conduct of compliance audit

Conduct of calibration/moderation

On-line verification system

TESDA Representative oversee the conduct of assessment

Quality Assurance in Assessment

The Assessment and Certification Program is

ISO 9001 : 2008 CERTIFIED