Implementing Guidelines for Training for Work Scholarship

Program (TWSP)

Objectives
1. The TWSP shall continue to be directed towards filling up the skills gaps and job requirements of
priority industries and sectors with high employment demand, improving the reach of quality
TVET to the grassioots and encouraging technical-vocational institutions to offer programs in
higher qualifications catering to in-demand industry requirements. This shall be supportive of the
government's thrust of rapid, inclusive and sustained economic growth.
Qualifications/Programs Covered
1. To fill-up the skills gaps, the specific training programs in the identified priority sectors shall
include any I of the following:
2. With Training Regulations (WTR) programs;
3. No Training Regulations (NTR) programs, if the skills needs cannot be supplied by the WTR
programs; and
4. Cluster of competencies of WTR programs for available jobs.
5. All training programs to be offered in TWSP shall be registered with TESDA in accordance with
the guidelines on program registration.
6. Pursuant to the Special Provision of the 2014 GM and to meet the objectives of the program,, the
TVET qualifications and courses to be offered shall focus on "Key Employment Generators"
(KEGs) in the areas of "agri-fishery/agri-business/agro-industrial, tourism, information technologybusiness process management, semiconductor and electronics, automotives, and other priority
manufacturing industries, logistics, general infrastructure and new and emerging sectors". New
and emerging industries shall be identified and recommended by the regional offices or industry
bodies to be approved by the Director General. Labor Market Intelligence Reports (LMIR) or
industry studies shall be submitted to support the recommendation.
7. Trainers Methodology Level 1 and Level II for qualifications/courses covered in the KEGs shall be
included in the TWSP.
8. Programs under the TESDA Language Skills Institute (LSI) and National TVET Competency
Assessment and Certification (NATCAC) shall be covered under the Program.

Beneficiaries of the TWSP shall have the following qualifications:

1. Must be at least eighteen (18) years old at the time the scholar finishes the training program;
2. Educational attainment shall be based on industry requirements or as prescribed in the applicable
Training
3. Pursuant to the Special Provision of the 2014 GM, priority is given to those who are from regions
or provinces where the absolute number of poor residents and the incidence of poverty are high.
The regional and provincial offices shall ensure that these areas are provided access to TWSP.
4. Other clientele groups such as persons with disability (PWDs), indigenous people, solo parents
and their children and senior citizens shall be afforded access to scholarship opportunities in the
qualifications/courses where they can qualify. OFW returnees, members of the families of AFP
and PNP personnel killed in military and police operations and other marginalized groups may
also avail of the scholarship program subject to pre-qualification.
5. Other industry requirements shall be considered, as may be required by the employers/industry
associations.
Selection of Participating Technical Vocational Institutions (TV's)
1. The Regional and Provincial Offices (RO/PO) shall evaluate the participating TVIs based on their
absorptive training capacity, previous performance particularly on the completion rate, certification
rate, employment rate and other applicable criteria that maybe defined by TESDA.
2. The program shall be based on Labor Market Intelligence Report-Skills Demand and Supply Map
and employment facilitation system and linkages/partnership with industry/placement agencies
through memoranda of agreement, as may be necessary. If the program leads to selfemployment; the program shall be supported with justification on the provision of assistance in
post-training self-employment or entrepreneurship services.
3. The TVIs shall facilitate the tracking and job placement of scholars/graduates through its Career
Guidance Office/Unit/Industry Coordinator.
4. The TVIs shall build up its capability of maintaining an effective monitoring system to provide
reliable status / tracer reports on the scholar-graduates.
5. Affidavit of Undertaking with TESDA shall be issued by the TVIs (Annex Al) including the signed
Scholar's Undertaking (Annex A2).
Scholarship Benefits
1. The TWSP scholars shall be entitled to free training and assessment. The approved TWSP
standard costing for training and assessment shall be applied strictly. The TVIs shall not exact
additional fees (such as fees for IDs and uniform) from the beneficiaries of this program.

Implementation Strategy
1. The TESDA field operating units, in coordination with the TVIs and industry, shall adopt the
Seek+Find+Train+Certify=Employability strategy to ensure the effectiveness of the TWSP in
terms of employment of graduates.
2. Partnership with industry, employers and other organizations that can assist in directing training to
available jobs and in facilitating the employment of the TWSP scholar-graduates shall be regularly
pursued through regular industry consultation
3. Existing partnership arrangements on TWSP such as BPAP shall be encouraged. Such
arrangements shall focus on identification of priority qualifications/programs and facilitation of
employment of TWSP graduates.
Scholarship Allocation
1. Scholarship allocation as indicated in the 2014 GM shall be distributed by the Regional Offices
(RO) to all the Provincial/District Offices (P/DO) based on their area requirements and the priority
sectors and qualifications indicated in Section 2.
2. The Regional Offices (RO) shall provide allocation for its LSI programs and the implementation of
NATCAC based on the targets to be set by the programming offices.
3. Other national priority and convergence programs consistent with the objectives of the TWSP
shall also be covered in the TWSP as may be directed by the authorities.
Qualification Map (QM)
1. The QM shall be prepared by the Regional/Provincial Offices (RO/PO), the industry/ other
partners and/or the qualified training institutions. The standard QM template shall be used for this
purpose.
2. The Director General shall approve the QM as endorsed by the Provincial and Regional Directors
and recommended by the TESDA Scholarships-Program Management Office (PMO). The
Provincial and Regional Directors shall ensure that the recommended QM for approval of the
Director General underwent strictly the process as required in this circular.
3. Any revision/amendment of the QM shall only be allowed until end of November 2014 provided
that no additional funding requirements shall be incurred.
4. The Certificates of Commitment (COCs) being distributed by TESDA shall be replaced by the
appropriate TWSP vouchers. The COCs shall be forwarded to the PMO for replacement of TWSP
vouchers. The corresponding Sub-ARO shall be issued to the concerned RO.
Scholarship Vouchers Distribution Scheme
1. The TWSP vouchers shall be issued to the Regional Offices (RO) by the PMO based on the
approved QM.

2. The Regional Office shall immediately release the vouchers to the Provincial/District Office
(P/DO) while the P/DO shall notify the institutions of the availability of the vouchers for pick up.
3. The institutions shall only conduct the training program after receipt of the vouchers from the
P/DO.
Assessment and Certification
1. The Provincial and Regional Directors shall ensure that qualifications being included in the
scholarshipshall have readily available accredited assessment center and assessor within the
region/province.
2. To meet the target requirements of competency assessment and certification, competency
assessment shall be mandatory for qualifications with assessment tools.
3. The conduct of assessment shall be a pre-requisite for payment of training cost only when
assessment centers are readily available and accessible to the TVIs.
Containment Policy
1. The containment policy shall be observed within the regional level.
Dual Availment
1. Dual availment shall be allowed only for scholar-beneficiaries covered under this Circular. The
additional qualification to be taken, however, shall only be in either a related qualification, at a
higher NC level or in a value-adding qualification.