Technical Education and

Skills Development Authority

Omnibus Guidelines for

2019 TESDA Scholarship Programs
“We must win the hearts and minds of
the people through TVET as a solution
in stamping out the cause of poverty,
what TESDA does directly impacts on
the lives of the people."

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 The National TESD Plan for 2018 – 2022, coupled with
Rationale TESDA’s 17-point Reform Agenda, espouses 2 – pronged
Technical-Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
directions for the next 5 years:

TVET for TVET for

Global Competitiveness Social Equity and
and Job Readiness Poverty Reduction

is geared towards upscaling the aims to resonate the TESDA’s

TVET and upgrading the
competencies of TVET graduates and
trainees to enhance their job-
readiness and productivity
commitment in supporting the basic
and marginalized sectors and
special clients in order to enable
them to engage in gainful and
productive economic activity

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Scholarship Programs 4
TWSP Agri Tourism IT-BPM

Seeks to support rapid,

inclusive and sustained 🔌
Semi-

economic growth
conductor & Automotive Manufacturing
Electronics

through course
offerings in priority General
New and
industries and key
Logistics Infrastructure Emerging
Sectors

employment
generators (KEGs) 5
STEP
A community-based training
program that seeks to address
the specific skills needs of the
communities and promote
employment, through
entrepreneurial, self-
employment, and service-
oriented activities

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PESFA
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
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UAQTEA
Established through Republic
Act No. 10931 which provides
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)

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2008 2010-2015 20 16 2017 2018 2019

Scholarship Programs Timeline

2009 2010-2015 20 16 2017 2018 2019

Omnibus Guidelines for

2019 TESDA Scholarship Programs
(TWSP, STEP, PESFA, UAQTEA)
  Registered TVET Programs; KEGs; New and Emerging
Competencies

Scope
 TM Level I and II including COCs of private and public
TVIs
 Language Programs offered by TESDA LSIs and TTIs

and TWSP  Competency Assessment and Certification for Workers

(CACW)
 Higher Level Qualifications (NC III/IV, PQF Level IV)
 STAR-rated Programs, APACC, ISO 9001:2015

Coverage
Certified, PQA awardees;
 Social Equity Programs;
 Enterprise-based Training

STEP Registered TVET Programs; Social Equity Programs

PESFA Single/Bundled Qualifications; Diploma

Registered TVET Programs by State-run TVIs.

UAQTEA (TESDA Circular No. 60, Series of 2018 shall be
adopted)

TVET Registered Programs or Compendium of Recognized Diploma in

Accordance with the 2019 Coverage and Schedule of Costs
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 Coverage
T  Registered TVET Programs; KEGs; New and Emerging
Competencies
W  priority to Higher Level Qualifications (NC III/IV, PQF Level
IV)

S  Trainers Methodology Level I/II including COCs of private and

public TVIs

P
 Language Programs offered by TESDA Language Skills Institutes
and TTIs
 Competency Assessment and Certification of Workers (CACW)
 STAR-rated Programs, APACC, ISO 9001:2015 Certified,
PQA awardees;
 Enterprise-based Training
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 Social Equity Programs
TVIs with STAR-rated programs and/or accredited under the Asia Pacific
Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC); ISO 9001:2015
Certified; and/or recipients of Philippine Quality Awards (PQA) shall be given
additional batches corresponding to their STAR Rating or APACC Rating subject
to absorptive capacity
STAR-rating Additional Batches APACC Additional Batches

1-STAR 1 batch/qualification Bronze 1 batch per TVI/Enterprise

2-STAR 2 batches/qualification Silver 2 batches per TVI/Enterprise

3-STAR 3 batches /qualification Gold 3 batches per TVI/Enterprise

TVI/Enterprise Awardee of ISO 9001: 2015 Certified or PQA shall

be given an additional one batch per TVI/Enterprise
RO allocation shall be first utilized for the purpose. Additional
allocation from Central Office shall be provided once the RO
allocation has been fully utilized in terms of obligation 13
 Coverage
S Registered TVET Programs
T Cluster of Competencies
leading to National Certificate
E (Shorter Courses)
Social Equity Programs
P  The ROs/POs shall ensure that
Entrepreneurship Training is integrated in
the programs being offered by TVIs
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Social Equity Programs under
TWSP and STEP
Social Equity Programs shall adopt a needs - based
and multi-skilling approach to provide people in
communities the opportunity to engage in various
activities to earn income. The curriculum for these
programs shall be developed to ensure that people
in the communities become knowledge-skilled
entrepreneurs
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 Coverage
P Full Qualifications leading
E to National Certificates
(NC I, NC II, NC III, NC IV)
S • Single Qualification
• Bundled Qualification
F
A Diploma Programs

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Diploma Programs under PESFA
Recognized Diploma Programs registered as of August
2018 shall be covered and given preference. Diploma
programs must have been entered in the Compendium
as Recognized Programs. All Registered Diploma
courses prior to the issuance of TESDA Circular No. 38,
Series of 2017 are therefore required to migrate to
PQF Level 5 (Diploma) Program

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U Coverage
Registered TVET programs
A by State-run TVIs
Q
T  The guidelines on the implementation of
Free TVET for Universal Access to Quality
E Tertiary Education (UAQTEA) in State-run
A Technical-Vocational Institutions (STVIs)
per TESDA Circular No. 60, Series of
2018 shall be adopted.
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The ROs shall distribute their The ROs shall decide the The POs shall match the
allocation of funds to the distribution of allocation based absorptive capacity of the
POs based on the following: also on the sectoral allocation registered TVET programs
PSPs; as identified in the in National
of their TVIs/Enterprises
R/PTESDPs; Sectoral Allocation in the CY
KEGs; 2019 Planning Guidelines as with the in-demand
the absorptive capacity of the well as the Two-Pronged qualifications, Provincial
TVIs/Enterprises; Directions of TVET and Skills Priorities and Key
new and emerging industries; Available Training Delivery Mix Employment Generators
and
the available latest Labor
Force Participation Data for
each region/province
 As far as slot allocation by type of scholarship is concerned, the provision of the
GAA and Specific Laws that governs it should be strictly followed.

Scholarship Allocation Plan (SAP)

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 Logistics New and Emerging & Other Priority
74M, 3% Areas 123M, 6%

Agri-Fishery/
Agri-Business/
Agro-Industrial
500M, 22%
Manufacturing
415M, 18%
Tourism
General Infra/ 300M, 13%
Construction/
Housing
500M, 22% IT-BPM
362M, 16%

2019 National Sectoral Allocation Target

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Logistics New/Emergi
New/Emerging/
7,421 ng/Other
Other Priority Agriculture
3% Priority
Areas Logistics 19,212
12,368 Areas
17,968 6%
5% 11,488
5%
3%

Agriculture
54,421
Manufacturing 22% Manufacturing
49,474 42,965
20% 12%

Tourism
24,737 Tourism
10% 158,407
Infrastructure 46%
General 69,858
Infrastructure 20%
IT-BPM
61,843
37,106
25%
15%
IT-BPM
29,072
8%

2018 Sectoral Target 2018 Sectoral Accomplishment

2018 National Sectoral Allocation

Target & Accomplishment 22
 2018 Regional Accomplishment
TVET, 1,242, 2% Automotive , 1,022, 2% Construction , 2,842, 5%
Agriculture
Visual Arts , 25, 0% Wholesale and Agriculture , 25, 0% Garments ,
Automotive Retail Trading , 96, 0%
25, 0%
Construction

Garments
HSOCDS, 9,828, 16%
HSOCDS
HVAC/R, 200, 0%
HVAC/R Tourism , 24,649, 39%

IT-BPM

Land IT-BPM , 10,661, 17%

Transportation
Language

Metals and
Engineering
Processed Food
and Beverages
Semi-conductor
Metals and Engineering ,
and Electronics
Tourism 4,439, 7%

TVET

Visual Arts Land Transportation , 1,426, 2%

Wholesale and
Retail Trading Processed Food and Language , 2,694, 4%
Semi-conductorBeverages
and , 565, 1%
Electronics , 3,020, 5% 23
The RSAP shall be Applying the Principle of Area- The SMO shall prepare and
Management, the RDs shall recommend the Regional
the basis in the consider the following in Targets and Distribution of
preparation and allocating the regional
Scholarship Budget
scholarship budget to POs:
approval of QMs 1. Two-Pronged Directions for Allocation (RTDSBA) as
Philippine TVET among the bases in the
2. Regional Sectoral Allocation distribution of the Central
3. Regional/Provincial Priority Office Allocation to the
Skills Plan and New and Regions for the approval of
Emerging Skills the Director General
4. Absorptive Capacity
5. Available Training Delivery
Mix
6. Client-Beneficiary Mix

Distribution of
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 The POs shall prepare/consolidate the TVI’s
Absorptive Capacity Inventory (Annex A) based
on the Compendium of Registered TVET Programs
and Recognized Diploma Programs

The Provincial Directors shall certify the

absorptive capacity of the compliant programs of
the participating TVI/Enterprise

The ROs shall prepare Regional Scholarship

Allocation Plan (RSAP) (Annex B) based on the
consolidated Provincial Scholarship Allocation
Plan (PSAP) for approval by the Director General

Determination of Absorptive Capacity

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The POs shall notify the eligible TVI/Enterprise to prepare the QM
based on the approved RSAP  The RDs and PDs shall
exercise due diligence in
pre-qualifying and
The notified TVI/Enterprise shall prepare the QM (Annex C)
evaluating the QMs

Upon submission of the QM, the POs shall evaluate it using the
Criteria for Selection of TVI/Enterprise

POs recommend the QMs of TVIs/Enterprises to Regional

Director for approval of the DG

The SMO shall assign the corresponding QM Number of all

approved QMs using the prescribed Coding System for
Approved QM (Annex D)

The SMO shall immediately provide copies of the approved QMs and
the corresponding Scholarship Grant Certificates (SGCs) to the ROs

Preparation of Qualification Map (QM)

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The POs shall notify the concerned TVI/Enterprise with approved QM/s

Upon notification of the approval of QM, the POs shall request the TVI/Enterprise to
submit Notarized Affidavit of Undertaking (Annex E), copy of which shall be
submitted to the SMO within five (5) days upon signing

Immediately after receipt of the Notarized Affidavit of Undertaking, the PO and the
TVI/Enterprise shall schedule the conduct of the Training Induction Program (TIP) using a
standard format. The RD/PD shall open the program and the corresponding media
release shall be done

The TVI/Enterprise shall start the training programs within fifteen (15) calendar days upon
notice, except for force majeure or for reasons beyond the control of the TVI/Enterprise,
otherwise their corresponding scholarship allocation/s shall be subject for reallocation by
the Regional Office and approval by the Director General

The implementing TVI/Enterprise shall submit their Actual Training Schedules

within five (5) calendar days upon start of the training programs and shall be
published in the tri-media and/or the Facebook account by both the central and
regional offices

Implementation of Scholarship Programs

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 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Selection of For New Programs For Existing Programs

Program is compliant based
 Programs must be
TVIs/ registered with
either on the latest
applicable Audits
TESDA.
Enterprises
(compliance, internal, on-
the-spot) or results of the
National Inspection (if
included in the inspection)
conducted by the NISP;
The TVI/Enterprise must not
be a subject of any unsettled
Notice of Disallowance (ND)
that has become final and
executory involving any
scholarship program of TESDA
...
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 ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Selection of For New Programs For Existing Programs

The TVI/Enterprise must not
 Programs must be
TVIs/ registered with
be involved in an unlawful
exaction of fees and/or
TESDA.
Enterprises
unlawful offering of any
program within the
jurisdiction of TESDA;
The TVI/Enterprise shall have
complied with the mandatory
assessment for the
qualification/program in the
immediately preceding year,
in cases where such program
has promulgated Competency
Assessment Tools (CATs)

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 CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Selection of Absorptive Capacity Utilization Rate

“refers to the number of  must have
Employment Rate
At least sixty percent

TVIs/
trainees that a
TVI/Enterprise can
accommodate in a whole
Enterprises
year based on Training
Regulation requirements
on physical facilities,  Submission of
tools and equipment and
number of trainers. This
includes existing/ongoing
scholarship programs
with other government
agencies and other
funding organizations”
submitted billing (60%) employment of
statements once graduates within one (1)
year after finishing a
the services had
program in a particular
been rendered qualification previously
granted and being
the required applied for. The report
on employment rate
reports is
shall be applicable only
mandatory for for programs that have
the TVIs to be been completed within
considered one (1) year prior to the
eligible new application for the
same qualification
...

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 CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Selection of Absorptive Capacity Utilization Rate

“refers to the number of For 2019, eighty
Employment Rate
At least sixty percent

TVIs/
trainees that a percent (80%) (60%) employment of
TVI/Enterprise can Budget Utilization graduates within one (1)
accommodate in a whole year after finishing a
Rate (BUR) of 2018
Enterprises
year based on Training program in a particular
Regulation requirements in terms of qualification previously
on physical facilities, disbursement in a granted and being
tools and equipment and particular applied for. The report
number of trainers. This qualification on employment rate
includes existing/ongoing previously granted shall be applicable only
scholarship programs and being applied for programs that have
with other government been completed within
agencies and other
for. For 2020, one one (1) year prior to the
funding organizations” hundred (100%) new application for the
BUR of 2019 in same qualification
terms of
disbursement shall
be the metric
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 CRITERIA FOR SELECTION

Selection of No Previous Allocation

In case of new and existing
For Diploma Programs
The Absorptive Capacity
TVIs/ TVI/Enterprise which was not
given any scholarship allocation
shall be the criteria in the
granting of scholarship
prior to the issuance of this
Enterprises Circular, the RO, after looking
into the Eligibility Requirements
allocation for the
TVI/Enterprise which
and Absorptive Capacity of said
passed the Eligibility
TVI/Enterprise, shall consider
allotment of scholarship slots Requirements
for the qualification being
applied for. The RD shall
determine as area manager the
appropriate distribution scheme

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Beneficiaries
The TWSP, STEP, PESFA
and UAQTEA seek to
address the needs of
prospective beneficiaries
from industries,
communities, and the
special clients

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 Special Clients refer to special target beneficiaries to
include:
Special ▫
▫
farmers and fishermen
workers in the informal sectors

Clients ▫ migrant workers

▫ women
▫ persons with disability
▫ senior citizens
▫ victims of calamities and disasters
▫ out-of-school youths
▫ urban poor

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 Special beneficiaries also cover:
▫
Special
solo parents and their children
▫ OFWs and their dependents
▫ drug surrenderees and their dependents
Clients ▫ victims of human trafficking, wounded-in-action or
killed-in-action AFP and PNP personnel and their
dependents

▫ inmates and detainees and their dependents

▫ micro entrepreneurs and their dependents
▫ members of cooperatives
▫ internally displaced population and other related or
similarly situated clients

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 General Requirements:
Qualifications  Filipino Citizen
 Must not be a current beneficiary of other
of government educational scholarship or subsidy
program for beneficiaries
Beneficiaries
Age requirements:
For TWSP For STEP and PESFA
at least 18 years of age at the at least fifteen (15) years old
time he/she finishes the training at the start of the training
program program

For PESFA:
 Must be at least high school graduate/high school
completer
 With an annual family income of three hundred
(P300,000) and below
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Benefits
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

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Multiple Availment of
Scholarship
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

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Assessment The Regional and Provincial Directors shall
ensure that the qualifications included in the
and TWSP/STEP/PESFA/UAQTEA scholarship shall
Certification have readily available accredited assessment
centers and assessors preferably within the
Region

In line with the TESDA policy on assessment

and certification program, competency
assessment shall be mandatory for
qualifications with Training Regulations (TRs)
with Competency Assessment Tools (CATs)

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 As part of the enabling role of TESDA and to
enhance employment of TVET graduates, the
Enabling
ROs/POs shall pursue the following :
Mechanism
on  Partner with enterprises, industry chambers and
associations;
Employment  Encourage TVIs to be a member of the industry
Facilitation chambers and associations;
 Encourage TVIs to adopt enterprise-based training
delivery modes;
 Encourage TVIs to register as school-based
PESOs;
...

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 As part of the enabling role of TESDA and to
enhance employment of TVET graduates, the
Enabling
ROs/POs shall pursue the following :
Mechanism
on  Converge and partner with government agencies,
particularly on entrepreneurship and other non-
Employment wage employment programs (i.e. DTI’s Go
Facilitation Negosyo, P3, DOLE’s Livelihood Programs, etc.);
 Intensify Job Linkaging and Networking Services
(JoLiNS) and World Café of Opportunities (WCO);
and
 Adopt project-based approach in community-
based training

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  The SMO with the concerned EOs shall jointly
monitor and evaluate the physical and financial
Monitoring status of scholarship programs in the ROs/POs
and
Evaluation  The ROs/POs shall exercise due diligence in
monitoring the training programs to ensure, among
others, that the trainings are existent, the trainees
are attending the trainings, the publication/posting
of list of enrollees and graduates, on-the-spot
inspection of ongoing trainings, random calls to
the trainees or graduates, and that the TVIs
facilitate the employment of their graduates. The
POs are required to conduct a monthly visit (on the
spot inspection) to ensure the enrollees are
attending and the required training durations are
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  The ROs shall submit to the DG through the SMO
the Expanded MIS 03-02 (Physical and Financial
Monitoring Monitoring Report) monitoring form and MIS-03-
02 for TWSP/STEP/PESFA every Friday. Reasons
and should be provided in the monitoring forms in
Evaluation cases where there are dropouts from training

 The ROs/POs shall ensure to reach the targets of

one hundred percent (100%) BUR and seventy-
five (75%) employment rate of graduates which
will be among the criteria for selection of
TVIs/Enterprises for CY 2020

 The NISP shall form part of the monitoring

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  Pursuant to the Special Provision of CY 2018 GAA for
STEP, the RO shall also report to the SMO the following
Monitoring data/information:
and a. Name of communities that participated and
number of training beneficiaries;
Evaluation b. Name and address of training beneficiaries
with electronic signature; and
c. Type of training conducted, equipment
and/or toolkits distributed and other related
information.

The Labor Market Information Division-Planning Office

(LMID-PO), Central Office shall be responsible for the
posting of the said data/information

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  The implementing TVI/Enterprise shall
Monitoring submit the Terminal Report within fifteen
(15) calendar days at the end of the
and
training period for evaluation of the
Evaluation POs/ROs and CO. Thereafter, the
TVI/Enterprise shall publish their List of
Graduates in a newspaper of local
circulation and/or in its website and social
media account (Facebook Page) within
thirty (30) calendar days after completion
of the training programs

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  For the Diploma Programs, the TVI/Enterprise is
required to monitor and submit the Monitoring
Monitoring Sheet for Diploma Programs to the RO/POs
and containing the following data:
a. List of enrolled learners
Evaluation b. List of learners assessed and certified
c. List of learners that exited the semester
d. List of learners who proceeded to the next
term
e. List of learners who completed the PQF Level
5 (Diploma) Programs; and
f. List of learners who proceeded to higher
education

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  For the Central Office Allocation, a
Administrative corresponding Sub-ARO and Notice of
Transfer of Allocation (NTA) shall be
and Financial released to ROs based on the approved
QMs. The Regional Office Allocation shall
Procedures be utilized first before the Central Office
Allocation is downloaded

 PESFA Budget Allocation

a. The 2019 PESFA budget allocation is
based on the annual Php200 Million
budget for PESFA which is
incorporated already in the regional
budget as provided in the FY 2019
General Appropriations Act (GAA)
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  Payment of Training and/or Entrepreneurship
Administrative Costs:

and Financial  One Hundred Percent (100%) of the total

training and/or entrepreneurship costs shall
Procedures be paid upon completion of the training
programs, subject to the submission of the
following documents
 Billing Statements;
 Trainees’ Profiles encoded in the T2MIS
 Daily Attendance Sheet (for the duration
of the training); and
 TESDA copy of the SGCs duly signed by
the concerned officials and
beneficiaries.

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  Payment of Training and/or Entrepreneurship Costs:

Administrative  In case the attendance of the trainee/learner

and Financial reaches above fifty percent (50%) of the training
duration, then the TVI/Enterprise shall be paid on
Procedures a pro-rated basis based on the actual attendance
of the trainee/learner. In the event that the
attendance of the trainee/learner did not reach
fifty percent (50%), then the TVI/Enterprise shall
not be entitled to any payment. Reports in this
regard shall be submitted to the POs/ROs and
Central Office.
 Payments should be done on the basis of the
attendance to the training of the beneficiaries
clearly showing that the actual training was
conducted by the TVI/Enterprise concerned and
that the beneficiaries named in the attendance
sheet actually attended the said training
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  Payment of Assessment Cost
Administrative a.) The Assessment Centers/TVIs/
and Financial Enterprises shall submit the corresponding
Billing Statements immediately after the
Procedures conduct of the assessment.

The Assessment Cost shall be paid upon

submission of the following supporting
documents:
i. Billing statement; and
ii. Certified true copy of the RWAC
stamped “received” by the POs.

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Administrative  Payment of the Training Support
and Financial Fund and funds for trainee’s school
uniform, laboratory outfit, and
Procedures dormitory expenses shall be
released by the concerned POs
directly to the scholars or his/her
representative/s authorized under a
Special Power of Attorney executed
by the scholars, as authorized by
law and other issuances and subject
to availability of funds
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 
Administrative Payment of Book Allowance
a.) The payment of book allowance shall be
and Financial paid by the concerned POs directly to the
scholars (or his/her representative/s
Procedures authorized under a Special Power of
Attorney executed by the scholars)
through any of the following modes of
payment:
i. Issuance of checks directly to
scholars;
ii. Advice to Debit Account (ADA); or
iii. Cash payment through the
Designated Disbursing Officer

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  The technical specifications of starter
Administrative toolkits shall be standardized at the
and Financial National Level

Procedures  The ROs/POs shall release the starter toolkits

to the scholars. Acceptance/Receipt by the
trainee or his/her representative/s authorized
under a Special Power of Attorney executed by
the scholars shall be supported by an
Acknowledgment Receipt (Annex F) duly noted
by the concerned Provincial Director; and

 The Administrative Cost shall be used for

mobilization and other-related administrative
expenses in the implementation of the
scholarship programs
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  Sanctions shall be imposed for violation of these
guidelines in accordance with the provision of the
Violations UTPRAS as amended
and
Sanctions  Subject to due process of law, the abovementioned
violations shall also be a ground for the filing of
appropriate charges for Falsification and Swindling
(Estafa) under the Revised Penal Code, and other
relevant special laws by the proper aggrieved party. A
committee shall be created for this purpose

 TESDA personnel who will be proven to have taken

part in violating these guidelines shall be subject to
proper disciplinary action in accordance with the 2017
Rules on Administrative Cases in the Civil Service
(RACCs)
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 If, for any reason, any part or provision
Separability of these guidelines is declared invalid or
Clause unconstitutional, any part or provision
not affected thereby shall remain in full
force and effect

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Thanks!

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