‘Know-Your-Customer’, inilunsad ng TESDA

ni Gina Pleñago @News | June 26, 2026

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Inilunsad ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang bagong electronic Know-Your-Customer (eKYC) feature ng TESDA Skills Passport upang mapabilis ang beripikasyon ng pagkakakilanlan ng mga mag-aaral at naghahanap ng trabaho.

“The TESDA Skills Passport empowers Filipinos to take charge of their skills development journey. It provides a digital identity that can help learners and workers showcase their competencies, access opportunities, and connect with employment and training services more efficiently,” ayon kay TESDA Secretary Kiko Benitez.

Maaaring gamitin sa eKYC ang impormasyon mula sa PhilSys, National ID number, o QR code, gayundin ang iba pang government-issued IDs tulad ng passport, driver’s license, SSS ID, GSIS eCard, UMID, Postal ID, Voter’s ID, at PhilHealth ID.

Nagsisilbi rin itong digital record ng mga kasanayan at sertipikasyon ng mga manggagawa upang mas mapadali ang paghahanap ng trabaho.

TESDA at DOLE, joint forces para sa trabaho, negosyo

ni Gina Pleñago @News | June 26, 2026

Photo: TESDA at DOLE nag-partner para sa “Trabaho to Training Program.” (Gina Pleñago)

Nilagdaan ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) ang Joint Memorandum Circular para sa trabaho at sariling negosyo ng mga nagtapos ng Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET).

Nagkaisa ang TESDA at DOLE para sa kanilang mga programa upang madaling makakuha ng trabaho o magsimula ng kanilang sariling negosyo ang mga nagtapos ng technical vocational trainings.

Pinalakas ng dalawang ahensya ang kanilang partnership sa pamamagitan ng paglagda sa Supplemental Joint Memorandum Circular (JMC) ngayong buwan.

Pinangunahan nina DOLE Sec. Francis Tolentino at TESDA Sec. Kiko Benitez ang paglagda sa kasunduan para sa pangakong pagtutulungan sa employment facilitation, livelihood support at mga programa sa TVET.

Ang paglagda sa Supplemental JMC ay hudyat ng pagsisimula ng pagtutulungan ng TESDA at DOLE sa Joint Memorandum Circular No. 001, series of 2024.

SSS and TESDA enter partnership arrangement for social security coverage of JO, COS workers

by Info @Brand Zone | Apr. 24, 2025

Around 3,800 Job Order (JO) and Contract of Service (COS) workers in the central and regional offices of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) will now have access to the social security protection provided by the Social Security System (SSS) after the two state-run agencies sealed a partnership arrangement under the KaSSSangga Collect Program.

Meanwhile, 4,300 regular employees of TESDA may also join the program as voluntary members to continue their contributions to SSS from previous private sector employment or self-employment.

SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Robert Joseph Montes De Claro (left) and TESDA Director General, Secretary Jose Francisco “Kiko” B. Benitez (right) inked the agreement on 22 April 2025 at TESDA Central Office in Taguig City that will facilitate registration to SSS and payment of contributions for eligibility to the various benefits and loan programs of SSS.

The KaSSSangga Collect Program is designed to extend social security coverage to workers in the government under JO and COS arrangement. SSS shall issue an Agency Reference Number to TESDA with which a contribution collection list can be uploaded to generate a Payment Reference Number which shall be used when remitting through SSS or through SSS-accredited collecting partners online or over-the-counter.