Senator Win Gatchalian encouraged senior high school (SHS) learners in the technical-vocational-livelihood (TVL) track to take advantage of the free assessment for national certification (NC), which could improve their chances of finding employment.
This comes after the Department of Education (DepEd) recently released DepEd Order No. 003 s. 2025, outlining the guidelines for implementing quality-assured assessments for SHS learners in the TVL track.
DepEd Order No. 003 s. 2025 outlines the guidelines for implementing quality-assured assessments for SHS learners in the TVL track.
The DepEd Order covers the following learners eligible for the free assessment: SHS-TVL learners currently enrolled in public and private schools for SY 2024-2025 and 2025-2026; ALS learners in the SHS-TVL track for the same school years; and SHS-TVL and ALS graduates from public and private schools in SY 2022-2023 and 2023-2024.
Gatchalian pushed to allocate funding for the assessment and certification program for the fiscal years (FY) 2024 and 2025. For this fiscal year, P275.861 million has been allotted for the SHS assessment and certification program while P438.162 million was allotted for FY 2024.
“Ang national certification ay makakatulong sa kanilang paghahanap ng magandang trabaho.”
“Ang mga senior high school students sa TVL track ay hindi na kailangang magbayad para sa assessment at national certification, na makakatulong sa kanilang paghahanap ng magandang trabaho,” said Gatchalian, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Basic Education.
To implement the assessment and certification program, the veteran legislator also sought funding to increase the number of assessors.
For FY 2024, P50.012 million was allocated for the hiring of additional assessors.
For this year, P25.882 million was added to expand the pool of assessors.
