This document provides a summary of TESDA scholarship programs in Region 1 of the Philippines. It discusses several scholarship programs administered by TESDA, including the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP), Special Training for Employment Program (STEP), Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA), and Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UAQTEA). It outlines the goals, target industries or beneficiaries, qualifications, and benefits of each program. Budget allocations for 2020 and contact information for TESDA Region 1 are also summarized.

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2020 TESDA
Scholarship Programs
Presentation for:
Cooperative Development
Authority
K-Pop Forum
Galimuyod, Ilocos Sur
Presenter:
Mr. Wen dell L. Botacion

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4. TESDA Organizational Update since March 4, 2020
DIR. VINCENT ATIENZA CIFRA, MA
Regional Director (Director IV)
TESDA Region I
ARNEL Q. GALLARDO
Acting Provincial Director
TESDA Ilocos Sur

5. NTESDP 2018-2022
GOAL: “Vibrant Quality TVET for Decent
Work and Sustainable Inclusive Growth”
TWO-PRONGED STRATEGIES:
1. TVET for Global Competitiveness and
Job Readiness;
2. TVET For Social Equity and Poverty
Reduction

7. Priority Programs
 Implementation of the Regional Action Plan for EO70(Whole of Nation Approach in Attaining
Inclusive and Sustainable Peace)/Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment Cluster
Implementation Plan(PRLEC-01 ImPlan);
 Conduct of Skills Training Programs for Special Clients (Rebel Returnees, IPs, Drug Surenderees,
Persons Deprived of Liberty, OFWs, Killed/Wounded in Actions, PWDs, Senior Citizens, Women,
Calamity Victims, etc.;
 Scholarship Program Implementation(UAQTEA, TWSP, PESFA, STEP, RESP, Tsuper Iskolar, TTSP
etc); (Agri-Fishery; Construction and Construction-related)
 Operationalization of TESDA Malasakit Help Desks in all ROPOTI;
 Mainstreaming of the TESDA Corporate Slogan, TESDA Abot Lahat;
 Strengthen Partnership Development;
 Conduct of Provincial and Regional Skills Competitions and Participation to World Skills
Competition - Kazan, Russia;
 Operationalization of the “Seek-Find-Train-Assess-Certify-Employ” Concept in 2019 TESD
Operations

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2020 TESDA
Scholarship Programs

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10. TWSP
Seeks to support rapid,
inclusive and sustained
economic growth
through course
offerings in priority
industries and key
employment
generators (KEGs)
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TourismAgri
Semi-
conductor &
Electronics
Automotive
General
InfrastructureLogistics
IT-BPM
Manufacturing
New and
Emerging
Sectors
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11. 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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12. PESFAEstablished through Sec. 8 of the Expanded
Gov’t. Assistance to Students and Teachers
in Private Education Act, it 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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13. 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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UAQTEA

14. Tsuper
Iskolar
A scholarship program of
TESDA and Department of
Transportation (DOTr) in line
with the implementation of the
Public Utility Vehicle
Modernization Program
(PUVMP)
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15. RESP is a component of the Rice
Competitiveness Enhancement Fund
(RCEF) Rice Extension Services Program
pursuant to the Implementing Rules
and Regulations (IRR) of Republic Act
(RA) 11203 or the Rice Liberalization
Act, which aims to improve the
competitiveness, productivity and
income of Filipino rice farmers by 50%
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RESP

16. An Act Instituting a Philippine Labor
Force Competencies
Competitiveness Program and Free
Access to Technical-Vocational
Education and Training (TVET) and
Appropriating Funds Therefor”,
otherwise known as the “Tulong
Trabaho Act”, was signed into law
on February 22, 2019
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TTSP

17. 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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Beneficiaries
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18. Special
Clients
Special Clients refer to special target beneficiaries to
include:
▫ farmers and fishermen
▫ workers in the informal sectors
▫ migrant workers
▫ indigenous people and cultural communities
▫ women
▫ persons with disability
▫ senior citizens
▫ victims of calamities and disasters
▫ out-of-school youths
▫ urban poor
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19. Special
Clients
Special beneficiaries also cover:
▫ solo parents and their children
▫ OFWs and their dependents
▫ drug surrenderees and their dependents
▫ victims of human trafficking, wounded-in-action or
killed-in-action AFP and PNP personnel and their
dependents
▫ returnees
▫ 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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20. Qualifications
of
Beneficiaries
General Requirements:
 Filipino Citizen
 Must not be a current beneficiary of other
government educational scholarship or subsidy
program for beneficiaries
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For TWSP
at least 18 years of age at the
time he/she finishes the training
program
For STEP and PESFA
at least fifteen (15) years old at
the start of the training
program
Age requirements:
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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21. Qualifications
of
Beneficiaries
For Free TVET under UAQTEA:
 Ten (10) years basic education
 NCAE/MATB/YP4SC Profiling
 Not a holder of NC III or higher unless enrolled in bundled
programs in Level IV or Diploma
 Not a holder of a Bachelor’s Degree
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For Tsuper Iskolar:
 For full qualifications, at least eighteen (18) years of age at
the time he/she finishes the training program
 For CoCs, at least fifteen (15) years old at the start of the
training program
 High school completers or high school undergraduates who
can at least read and write, depending on the qualification
requirements provided in the training regulations

22. Qualifications
of
Beneficiaries
For TTSP:
 Any person at least fifteen (15) years of age who are not employed, not in
education, and not in training (NEET)NCAE/MATB/YP4SC Profiling
 Employed workers who intend to develop and expand their current skills
and trainings, except existing workers in enterprise-based companies or
industries currently trained by their employers
 Qualified Recipients may come from the list submitted by Recognized
Industry Boards/Associations or any interested individuals who applied to
the TESDA Provincial Offices or through the TESDA Website as approved by
the Director General
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For RESP:
 Rice Farmers
 Farmworkers and their dependents listed Registry System for Basic Sector in
Agriculture (RSBSA)
 Rice cooperatives and associations in the 57 RCEF target provinces and 1,010
municipalities
 Certificate of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) beneficiaries

23. BENEFITS TWSP PESFA STEP UAQTEA
Tsuper
Iskolar
RESP TTSP
Skills Training/
Tuition Fee
      
Competency
Assessment
      
Entrepreneurship
Training

(For PAFSE and other
Special Programs)
  
Starter Toolkits  
Training Support Fund 
(For Special Programs)
     
Book Allowance 
Instructional
Materials Allowance
 
Accident Insurance  

24. Scholarship
Programs
Target
Number of
Beneficiaries
Budget
Allocation Source of Allocation
TWSP Php14,001,340.00
General Appropriation Act
(GAA)
PESFA Php860,000.00
STEP Php5,500,000.00
UAQTEA No allocations yet
RESP (RMO NC II) 60 Php836,400.00
Department of Agriculture
(DA)
Grand Total
2020 TESDA Budget Allocation per Scholarship Programs

25. TESDA-Region I Organizational Update
as of February 27, 2020
Operating Unit Head Operating Unit Location
RD Vincent Atienza Cifra Office of the Regional Director San Fernando City, La Union
APD Shierly S. Pascua Ilocos Norte Provincial Office Laoag City, Ilocos Norte
VSA Carlos B. Carizal Bangui Institute of Technology Bangui, Ilocos Norte
Acting VSA Avelina Pascual Marcos Agro-Industrial School Marcos, Ilocos Norte
APD Arnel Q. Gallardo Ilocos Sur Provincial Office Vigan City, Ilocos Sur
PD Elpidio D. Mamaril, Jr. La Union Provincial Office San Fernando City, La Union
Center Chief Arturo Gañalon Regional Training Center- La Union San Fernando City. La Union
PD Jimmicio S. Daoaten Pangasinan Provincial Office Lingayen, Pangasinan
Center Administrator Modesto Velasquez Provincial Training Center- Pangasinan Lingayen, Pangasinan
VSA Renato T. Dela Cruz, Jr. Pangasinan Technological Institute Binmaley, Pangasinan
VSS Rosa P. Untalan Pangasinan School of Arts and Trades Lingayen, Pangasinan
Acting VSA Jesus F. Salagubang Luciano Millan Memorial School of Arts and
Trades
Asingan, Pangasinan

26. TESDA- I Directory
632-2417

27. Thank
You
Very
Much!
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