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TESDA is the leading partner in the development of the Filipino workforce with world-class competence and positive work values.
TESDA is a government agency which provides direction, policies, programs and standards towards quality technical education and skill development. 
TESDA programs aim to address equity and access by providing direct financial   assistance to deserving TVET enrollees across all regions in the country. This is where TESDA puts the latest news, announcement, activities and programs in this page. Click the “Read More” below for further details and information. 

Welcome to TESDA Misamis Occidental Provincial Office

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) was established through the enactment of Republic Act No. 7796 otherwise known as the “Technical Education and Skills Development Act of 1994”, which was signed into law by President Fidel V. Ramos on August 25, 1994. This Act aims to encourage the full participation of and mobilize the industry, labor, local government units and technical-vocational institutions in the skills development of the country’s human resources.



In view of the need to provide equitable access and provision of TESD programs to the growing TVET clients, TESDA continues to undertake direct training provisions. There are four training modalities school-based, center-based, enterprise-based and community-based. These are being done with TESDA’s infrastructure in place – 57 TESDA administered schools, 60 training center, enterprize-based training through DTS/apprenticeship and community-based training in convergence with the LGU’s.

TESDA develops competency standards for middle-level skilled workers. These are in the form of units of competency containing descriptors for acceptable work performance. These are packaged into qualifications corresponding to critical jobs and occupations in the priority industry sectors. The qualifications correspond to a specific levels in the Philippine TVET Qualifications Framework (PTQF).

Program registration in UTPRAS is the mandatory registration of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programs with TESDA. It is the system that ensures compliance of Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs) with the minimum requirements as prescribed under the promulgated training regulation to include among others curricular programs, faculty and staff qualifications, physical sites and facilities, tools, equipment, supplies and materials and similar requirements prior to the issuance of the government authority to offer or undertake technical vocational education programs.


TESDA has a Registry of Certified Workers which provides information on the pool of certified workers for certain occupations nationwide. TESDA also has accredited assessment centers as well as the competency assessors who conduct competency assessment process for persons applying for certification.

Our Latest News

Get the latest, comprehensive and up-to-date TESDA news and announcement here.  

  The 1st TVET Forum was conducted on January 18, 2023, at OAIS, Covered Court, Purok-3, Villaflor, Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental.

  TESDA On January 6-8, 2023 TESDA Misamis Occidental headed by Provincial Director John D. Simborios in partnership with Art Relief Mobile Kitchen set up a kitchen and organized local volunteers to help the victims of flash floods at University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP).

  TESDA Misamis Occidental Cluster holds the National Tech-Voc Day and World Cafe of Opportunities(WCO) through Job Linkaging and Networking Services in partnership with the local government of Oroquieta City – PESO Office, August 25, 2022, at the Covered Court of OAIS in celebration of TESDA’s 28th Founding Anniversary.

Scholarship and Student Assistance Programs

Programs aim to address equity and access by providing direct financial   assistance to deserving TVET enrollees across all regions in the country.  The scholarship programs currently being implemented include the following:

This program was established through Section 8 of Republic Act No. 8545, otherwise known as the Expanded Government Assistance to Students and Teachers in Private Education (GASTPE) Act.  PESFA offers educational grants to qualified and deserving college freshmen both in degree and   non-degree courses. The program was launched in May 2006 with funding from the Office of the President and mainstreamed in the regular budget in 2008. This program is a response to the clamor of industry to address the critical skills shortages in priority sectors, particularly the Business Process Outsourcing, metals and engineering, construction and tourism, among others. STEP is a community-based specialty training program that addresses specific skill needs of the communities and promote employment through entrepreneurial, self-employment and service-oriented activities. Training programs offered are generally short-term or modules based on the Training Regulations promulgated by TESDA. 

A program established through R.A. No. 10931 providing free tuition and other school fees in State Universities and Colleges (SUCs), Local Universities and Colleges (LUCs) and state-run Technical Vocational Institutions (STVIs): establishing the Tertiary Education Subsidy and Student Loan Program (SLP), and strengthening the Unified Student Financial Assistance System for Tertiary Education (UniFAST).

A scholarship established through R.A. No. 11230 which mainly to provide more innovative to TVET.

Implementation of the Stakeholder Support Mechanism Component under the Public Utility Vehicle Modernization Program (PUVMP). A program under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF) Implementation of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) under R.A. No. 1154


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Competency Based Curriculum Training Regulation and Competency Based Curriculum TVET Program Registered Scholarship Assessment Center Qualified TVET Trainers


Direction Setting


Crucial to TESDA’s role as the TVET authority in the country is its capacity to steer and provide guidance to the sector. With the end in view of setting out clear directions and establishing priorities, the availability of timely, relevant and accurate information is of essence. Data gathered through the conduct of researchers and studies shall be disseminated to enable the TVET stakeholders to make informed decisions. With quality information, TVET policies and plans shall be formulated that will serve as the blueprint for TVET implementation in the country.

Policies, Plans and Information


Programs and services relating to these concern embody the role of TESDA as the authority in technical vocational education and training (TVET). These are aimed at providing clear directions and priorities for TVET in the country. These include the formulation of plans and policies for the TVET sector and the generation through researches and studies and the dissemination of relevant data and information for informed decision of stakeholders of the sector.

    National Technical Education Skills Development (TESD) Plan
    National Technical Education Skills Development (TESD) Research Agenda
    Philippine Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) System
    Philippine Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Outlook
    Labor Market Intelligence Reports
    List of Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Studies
    Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Statistics