TVET Program Registration

Hannah Mae Baguio

Unified TVET Program Registration and Accreditation System (UTPRAS)

● A mandatory registration
● A system that ensures the compliance of TVI’s
● promote public interest and welfare by ensuring the quality of all TVET
programs
● prescribe compliance with minimum standards provided for in training
regulations promulgated by the TESDA Board
● encourage and enable TVET institutions to continuously upgrade the
quality of training delivery
● generate a comprehensive data base of TVET institutions and TVET
programs that is essential to the effective management of the TVET sector
 LEGAL BASIS

● Republic Act No. 7796

- otherwise known as TESDA Act of 1994
empowers TESDA to establish and maintain a system of the ff.:

1. accrediting
2. coordinating
3. integrating
4. monitoring
5. evaluating formal and non-formal technical vocational education and training
TESDA Board promulgated Resolution No. 98-03

● January 23, 1998

● establishing a Unified TVET Program Registration and Accreditation
System
● in consonance with the pursuit of a quality technical vocational
education and training system
 Coverage of UTPRAS

● All TVET programs offered by public and private institutions, including programs offered by
enterprised-based training centers, provided that programs that are offered are fee-charging and
open to the public;
● All TVET programs in industrial trades and crafts, agriculture, fishery, services and home
industries
● Apprenticeship programs undertaken by private enterprises shall be authorized on the basis of
existing apprenticeship guidelines. Compliance with apprenticeship guidelines is considered as
having the effect of UTPRAS registration;
● Community-based livelihood-oriented training programs undertaken by
local government units and non-government organizations shall not be
subjected to registration unless prescribed by the TESDA Board

● A module of employable competency or a set of modules may be

registered as a TVET Program following TESDA Guidelines issued for
the purpose
Basis for Program Registration

Training Regulations

1. prescribed minimum program standards

by experts and practitioners from public/private sector (Experts Panel)
2. promulgated by the TESDA Board after national validation
3. prescribed occupational skills standards and training standards
4. included duties and tasks attached to a job title and expressed competencies
5. served as basis for designing job-oriented curricula with specific competency objectives
 Documents Needed

Corporate and Administrative Documents

1. Board Resolution to offer program (signed by the Board Secretary and attested by the
Chairperson: SUCs, LCUs, and Private Institutions)
2. Special Law creating the Institution (for public institution, e.g., Republic Act, Executive Order,
Sanggunian Resolutions)
3. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Registration must specifically cover the training
delivery site (for private institutions only)
4. Articles of Incorporation (for private institutions only). For institution that will branch out, the
Articles of Incorporation & Bylaws must state reasons for opening of the branch. The Board
Resolution signed by majority of the Incorporators must be notarized, received and noted by
SEC
5. Current Certificate of Ownership of building/Contract of Lease (covering at least two years)
6. Current Fire Safety Certificate
 Minimum Requirements

1. Curricular Program
2. Faculty and Staff Qualification
3. Physical Sites and Facilities
4. Tools and Equipment
5. Supplies and Materials
6. Similar requirements prior to issuance of government authority to offer Technical and Vocational
Education Programs
Curriculum and Program Delivery

1. Competency-based Curriculum (Curriculum Design (TESDA-SOP-01-F02) & Course

Design/Module of Instruction);
2. List of equipment (TESDA-SOP-01-F03), tools (TESDA-SOP-01-F04) and consumables
(TESDA-SOP-01-F05) necessary to deliver the program;
3. List of instructional materials (such as reference materials, slides, videotapes, internet access
and library resources) necessary to deliver the program (TESDA-SOP-01-F06);
4. List of physical facilities (TESDA-SOP-01-F07) and off-campus physical facilities (TESDA-SOP-
01-F08) indicating floor area (Memorandum of Agreement to be attached if rented or leased
(Firing Range, Driving Range, etc.);
5. Shop layout of training facilities indicating the floor area.
 Faculty and Personnel

1. List of officials with their qualifications supporting evidences available, such as copies of
certificates, etc. (TESDA-SOP-01-F09)

2. List of faculty teaching on the program, with their;

- qualifications
- areas of expertise
- courses/seminars attended
Supporting evidences available, such as TQ/AQ Certificates, copies of contracts of employment, etc.
(TESDA-SOP-01-F10).
 Academic Rules

1. Schedule and breakdown of tuition and other fees (duly signed by the school head indicating the
effectivity of the school year)
2. Documented Grading System, details of which are provided to students/trainees at the start of
their program
3. Entry requirements for the program comply with the relevant training regulations
4. Rules on Attendance
 Support Services

1. Health services are available to the students/trainees (if these services are contracted out or out-
sourced, the contract or MOA or similar documents must be submitted)

2. Career guidance services are available to the students/trainees;

3. Community Outreach Program (documented evidences available) – optional;

4. Research that supports the operation of the school is carried-out (e.g. surveys, consultations,
meetings with local industry and community representatives; technical research) – optional.
 The TVET Institution Should Submit for
Succeeding Applications

1. Updates on corporate documents (if any)

2. Curriculum (including the job title being addressed and the competencies to be developed)
3. Course and subjects descriptions
4. List of supplies, tools and equipment for the program
5. List of instructional materials for the program
6. List of faculty for the program (with supporting documents)
7. Facilities for the program
8. Fess prescribed by the Authority
 Upon Completion of all Requirements

1. COPR (Certificate of Program Registration)

- Issued to the institution upon completion

2. THE PROGRAM
- Officially listed in the TESDA Compendium of Registered Programs
- Subjected to a Compliance Audit
- Surveillance upon receipt of complaint by TESDA
How to register TVET Program?