nt, crafts, business studies, secretarial studies, and interior and fashion design. The entry requirement is a high school diploma, and entrance examinations are generally not required. Postsecondary programs lead to either a certificate (often entitled a Certificate of Proficiency) or a diploma. The Professional Regulation Commission regulates programs for 38 different professions and administers their respective licensure examinations.
Programs and Degrees
Credentials are awarded by individual institutions and authorized by TESDA. TESDA has (recently) established a process called the Technical Occupation Qualification and Certification System (TOQCS) through which standards are set for a specific set of craft/trade-level qualifications based upon the type of program and occupational skill level involved. All technical credentials are referred to as certificates and are awarded after the successful passing of standardized examinations administered by TESDA. The national certificates generally require a program of study of between one and two years. There are a series of tests that lead to certifications on a four-step ladder ( Level I, II, III and Technician or Master Craftsman). All four levels do not exist in all occupational categories. Technical and vocational institutions label their credentials by a wide variety of titles in a particular field, these include diploma, associate, graduate or craftsman.
Some technical institutes are authorized to award bachelor degrees in a similar range of subjects to those of technical and vocational schools. Community colleges offer two-year programs leading to an Associate Degree in a range of vocational areas.
A list of TESDA-recognized technical and vocational schools and programs is available HERE.
In general elementary-level teachers must hold a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in elementary education (B.E.Ed), while preschool teachers must have at least six units of pre-primary education. At the secondary level, the basic qualification is a bachelor’s degree in secondary education (B.S.Ed), or a bachelor’s degree in another area with the addition of at least 18 units in professional education. All these programs are four years in length.
WES GRADING SCALE
* May represent a conditional failure or a conditional pass. Grading scale may vary. Please refer to grading scale on transcript
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