Question & AnswerQ&A (IRR of Republic Act No. 11230)
The policy is based on the Philippine Constitution's provision to promote social order, prosperity, independence, free people from poverty, promote full employment, rising living standards, and improved quality of life through accessible education and training systems.
Qualified recipients include any person at least 15 years old who is Not Employed, Not in Education, and Not in Training (NEET), and employed workers seeking to develop or expand their skills, except those already trained by their employers in enterprise-based companies.
STPs may be delivered through school-based, center-based, community-based, enterprise-based, or web-based training modalities.
The fund covers full training fees for STPs, transportation allowance, laboratory fees, assessment and certification fees, issuance costs for National Certificates or Certificates of Competency, learning materials, insurance for trainees, and other related administrative costs.
The TESDA Board is responsible for approving and updating the list of STPs based on recommendations from the TESDA Secretariat and relevant stakeholders.
Criteria include labor market intelligence reports, employment opportunity data from DOLE, job and skill matching data from TESDA, human resource development roadmaps, national technical education plans, changes in technology, and discretionary bases deemed necessary by the TESDA Board.
The TESDA Secretariat recommends STPs for funding, assesses recipients, updates qualified recipients list, provides recognition guidelines for industry boards, maintains public registries and databases, develops and improves TVET programs, ensures quality training and competency assessments, and engages industries and local governments.
The committee has three members each from the House Committees on Higher and Technical Education and Labor and Employment, and three from the Senate Committees on Labor, Employment and Human Resources Development and Education, Arts and Culture, with minority representation. It monitors and reviews implementation and fund disbursement.
The TESDA Board shall conduct annual program monitoring, an initial assessment after two years, and an impact evaluation after five years of program implementation.