Pinoy TVET

The technical-vocational education and training sector plays a key role in developing the economy of the Philippines.  Prior to the creation of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), concerns for middle-level skills were handled by the Department of Education through its Bureau of Technical Vocational Education.  However, studies commissioned by the government recommended the tri-focalization of education to enable the government to address skills mismatch in the labor market.  The result is the concentration of the Department of Education in basic education, TESDA in technical-vocational education and training or TVET and the Commission on Higher Education in well, higher education (that is, degree courses and post-graduate studies). The primary role of TESDA is to manage the TVET sector (that is, the aggregate of suppliers and stakeholders of TVET) and make it relevant, effective and efficient.  As manager of TVET, TESDA likes to describe itself as