The Effectiveness of the Technical Vocational Education and Training’s (TVET) Flexible Learning Delivery in the Selected TESDA Technology Institutions in National Capital Region
Carlo Rhey Pallado | Romulo Navarra | Cynic Tenedero
Discipline: Education
Abstract:
The study focused in five (5) selected TESDA Technology Institutions offering TVET programs under the Flexible Learning Delivery in the National Capital Region (NCR) offering the following programs under the flexible learning: Barista NC II, Bartending NC II, English Language, Japanese Language, Domestic Work NC II, EIM NC II/III, and SMAW NC III. A total of 10 (ten) trainers and 350 (three hundred fifty) scholars/graduates were the respondents of the study using the convenience sampling. Moreover, in this descriptive research it was found out that there is no significant difference between the perceptions of trainers and trainees on the effectiveness of TVET’s Flexible Learning Delivery in the selected TESDA Technology Institutions in NCR and majority of the respondents didn’t encounter problems regarding the TVET’s Flexible Learning Delivery in the TESDA Technology Institutions in NCR. It is recommended for the TESDA management to purchase resources such as workbook that can be used effectively by the trainees and the management must make sure that the allowances for trainees shall be given on time for their stable internet connections. For the trainers, the TESDA management must upgrade the internet connection by subscribing to premium LMS provider and provide trainer’s training regarding the LMS for them to answers correctly the queries of trainees regarding on how to use the LMS.
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