E-Education in the Philippines: The Case of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Online Program
Dumaua-Cabautan, Madeline; Calizo, Sylwyn C.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; Pacio, Lachmi C. | August 2018
Abstract
Education and training for productive employment play a crucial role in the social and economic plans of a developing country like the Philippines. Technical and vocational education and training (TVET) in the country has been viewed as a tool to help equip the people with the necessary skills for employment. In effect, this increases their income potential, and eventually, remove them from poverty. To reach more people, more so, those in the remotest places, TESDA introduced information, communications, and technology (ICT) into TVET and launched the TESDA Online Program (TOP) in 2012. TOP is the first Philippine institution to offer massive open online courses. Current TESDA statistics estimate that more than a million Filipinos were able to access and utilize the TOP. This study assesses how ICT has enabled the Filipinos to have access and use online technical education offered free by e-TESDA program. It also acknowledges the unlimited opportunities offered by TOP through its courses and the potential number of users/beneficiaries. The vision of a globally competent Filipino workforce with advanced skills can be realized with the encouraging results of the TOP accreditation and certification. Read more about the recommendations on how to improve the current TOP in this study.
Citation
Dumaua-Cabautan, Madeline; Calizo, Sylwyn C.; Quimba, Francis Mark A.; Pacio, Lachmi C.. 2018. E-Education in the Philippines: The Case of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Online Program. © Philippine Institute for Development Studies. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/8613.Keywords
Higher Education Costs
Levels Of Education
Educational Reform
Governance
Educational Policies
Educational Quality
Educational Programs
Governance Approach
Corporate Governance Framework
Educational Sciences
Private Education
Quality Education
Digital
Higher education
Education
Secondary education
Higher education institutions
Educational aspects
Economics of education
Educational development
Public Administration
Institutional Framework
Art education
Educational development
Training
Development education
Online
Online Courses
Distributive education
Communication in technical education
College preparation programs
Community and college
Public universities and colleges
Private universities and colleges
College dropouts
Communication in higher education
Higher education and state
State departments of education
Government
Political obligation
Area studies
Internship program
Educational innovations
Online Study
E-Learning
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