TESDA & Private Sector Forge Partnership
To upgrade Tourism Industry Workforce
To upgrade Tourism Industry Workforce
The Philippines is set to produce more world–class and highly skilled workforce that will meet the needs of the local and global tourism industry. This is the main objective of an agreement between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the private sector-led Tourism Industry Board Foundation Inc. (TIBFI). The agreement, signed by TESDA Director General Augusto Syjuco and TIBFI Chairman and President Larry Cruz on September 26, will accredit TIBFI as Tourism Industry National Assessment Board.
The accreditation of industry groups to directly and actively participate in the development and upgrading of the country’s workers is a component of Phase II of the Philippines – Australia Technical Vocational Education and Training Project (PAQTVET II) funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
One of the major concerns of PAQTVET II is to strengthen the role of industry in the development of technical vocational education and training standards. Target industries are tourism, health care, information communication and technology, and agriculture and fisheries.
TESDA is mandated by law to develop and upgrade the competence of the country’s industry workers to enhance their employability and ensure long-term economic development. to realize this mandate, TESDA established the Philippine TVET Qualification and Certification Systems (PTQCA).
Recognizing the immediate need to forge an effective and efficient institutional arrangement with industry boards to provide direct participation of employers and workers in the implementation of the qualification and certification system, TESDA has chosen the Tourism Industry Board Foundation to act as the country’s Tourism Industry National Assessment Board.
TESDA and the Tourism Industry National Assessment Board will jointly implement a competency assessment and certification program for the tourism industry to ensure that workers are appropriately trained and certified for the human resource requirement of tourism establishments here and abroad.
Under the agreement, the Tourism Industry National Assessment board will identify, develop and submit to TESDA for promulgation, agreed industry priority regulations, comprising qualification, competency standards and training standards in accordance with TESDA’s PTQCS guidelines; prepare and implement operation plans for accreditation and assessment activities; handle first line complaint filed by clients; and appoint and develop Local Industry bodies (LIBs) in major regions of the country, among many other tasks.
For its part, TESDA will oversee the implementation of the PTQCS assessment and certification program in the tourism industry sector. Among the major tasks of TESDA under the agreement is the management and maintenance of an Assessment Information Management System (AIMS) which will serve as information base for tourism industry players. /MP
The accreditation of industry groups to directly and actively participate in the development and upgrading of the country’s workers is a component of Phase II of the Philippines – Australia Technical Vocational Education and Training Project (PAQTVET II) funded by the Australian Agency for International Development (AusAID).
One of the major concerns of PAQTVET II is to strengthen the role of industry in the development of technical vocational education and training standards. Target industries are tourism, health care, information communication and technology, and agriculture and fisheries.
TESDA is mandated by law to develop and upgrade the competence of the country’s industry workers to enhance their employability and ensure long-term economic development. to realize this mandate, TESDA established the Philippine TVET Qualification and Certification Systems (PTQCA).
Recognizing the immediate need to forge an effective and efficient institutional arrangement with industry boards to provide direct participation of employers and workers in the implementation of the qualification and certification system, TESDA has chosen the Tourism Industry Board Foundation to act as the country’s Tourism Industry National Assessment Board.
TESDA and the Tourism Industry National Assessment Board will jointly implement a competency assessment and certification program for the tourism industry to ensure that workers are appropriately trained and certified for the human resource requirement of tourism establishments here and abroad.
Under the agreement, the Tourism Industry National Assessment board will identify, develop and submit to TESDA for promulgation, agreed industry priority regulations, comprising qualification, competency standards and training standards in accordance with TESDA’s PTQCS guidelines; prepare and implement operation plans for accreditation and assessment activities; handle first line complaint filed by clients; and appoint and develop Local Industry bodies (LIBs) in major regions of the country, among many other tasks.
For its part, TESDA will oversee the implementation of the PTQCS assessment and certification program in the tourism industry sector. Among the major tasks of TESDA under the agreement is the management and maintenance of an Assessment Information Management System (AIMS) which will serve as information base for tourism industry players. /MP
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