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Rev. 00 s. 2025

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES)

(PLACE) S.S.

AFFIDAVIT OF UNDERSTANDING

l, BENEDICTO A. BIATO of TESDA-CORDILLERA STATE INSTITUTE OF

TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CSITE)-MOUNTAIN PROVINCE CAMPUS with office address
at Tambingan, Sabangan, Mountain Province , and as authorized by our Board of
Directors to execute this Undertaking, a copy of the Secretary's Certificate of which is
herewith attached and after having been sworn into oath in accordance with the law do
hereby depose and say, that in accordance with the 2025 OMNIBUS GUIDELINES FOR
TESDA SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS embodied in TESDA Circular No. 014 Series of
2025 issued on January 13, 2025 hereby undertakes, commits, and warrants the following:

1. Promote TESDA Scholarship Programs in enhancing the competitiveness and

productivity of the workforce through skills training programs;

2. Ensure that each scholar shall undergo pre-qualification process in accordance

with the industry pre-hiring requirements. All application forms should be
properly and completely accomplished with the latest Passport Size ID
Photos of the Trainees duly attached;

3. Notify the qualified scholarship grantees of their acceptance and the actual
training schedule;

4. Ensure that scholars fully understand the provisions of their Commitment of

Undertaking;

5. Shall not exact additional fees from the scholars;

6. Conduct, in coordination with the Provincial Office, the Training Induction

Program before the conduct of any training;

7. Submit to the Provincial Office (PO) the Actual Training Schedules, as to the
specific dates and time, including "On the Job Trainings" held outside of the
school premises within FIVE {5) CALENDAR DAYS after the start of training.
Said training schedules as submitted shall be final and can no longer be
amended unless force majeure occurs. In said case however, the adjusted
training schedules shall be submitted immediately one day after the occurrence
of such an event;

8. After the start of the Training Program, the Enrolment Report together with the
name of their respective Trainers for each particular batch should be submitted
to the Provincial Office within the maximum period of twenty percent (20%) of
the training duration.

Likewise, the Terminal Report shall be submitted within seven (7) days calendar
days after the end of the training period;

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9. Motivate and nurture the scholars to maintain one hundred percent (100%)
completion of the training program.

10. Exert effort to ensure a one hundred percent (100%) attendance of the trainees.

11. In case of accident during the conduct of training, shall be responsible for
shouldering the expenses incurred to provide adequate financial assistance to
the scholar or their dependents.

12. Comply with the documentary requirements for payment of the training and all
other applicable costs based on the number of the scholars who have completed
the training program, as evidenced by the submitted attendance sheet, duly
signed by the scholars and their respective trainers, or as supported by
other documents in lieu of the attendance sheet.

13. Immediately after the training, ensure that one hundred percent (100%) of the
scholars shall undergo the mandatory Competency Assessment for
Qualifications with Training Regulations (TR) with the corresponding
Competency Assessment Tools (CATS), with accredited assessment centers
and assessors for the successful graduates (if applicable);

14. Institutionalize a functional Job Linkaging and Networking Services (JoliNS)- a

delivery platform to facilitate job hunting for TVET graduates and alumni by
providing them services and information to land a job (if applicable);

15. Institutionalize effective monitoring system/database to establish reliable

status reports such as but not limited to employment reports of the
scholars-graduates;

16. Comply with the requirements of TESDA on absorptive capacity, sixty-five

percent (65%) employment rate, and one hundred percent (100%) budget
utilization rate;

17. Ensure proper documentation of the training programs as to the conduct of

training programs and attendance of trainees;

18. Comply with the requirements of the Data Privacy Act of 2012 on the processing
and security of personal information;

19. Allow TESDA Provincial Office reasonable time to conduct due diligence
in the examination of the submitted billing documents and verification of at
least twenty percent (20%) of the scholars through random audit, by
conducting personal calls or private messaging, and if necessary, face to face
interviews, before any payment is made;

20. Provide TESDA and the Commission on Audit (COA) access to the TVI in the
conduct of on-the-spot random audits on the ongoing and completed
TWSP/STEP/PESFA scholarship programs of the TVI. The subject of the
inspection/audit are the TVl's compliance with TESDA's training regulations,
TVET program registration, and guidelines of the scholarship programs, among
others;

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21. Submit a comment and/or reply within seventy-two (72) hours from
receipt of the findings of any spot audit, compliance audit or COA audit in
observance of our constitutional right to due process;

22. Submit all other documents as may be required by TESDA and/or the
COA, within the stated period;

23. Moreover, I also warrant the following:

a) that as of the date of the signing of this Affidavit of Undertaking, the TV/
that I represent is a juridical person, duly organized and validly existing
under the laws of the Philippines and it has all requisite legal power and
authority to execute, deliver and implement this Undertaking, and that I
have been authorized to sign the same for and on its behalf, ·

b) that the programs we implement are compliant based on technical audit

report; that our TV/ has valid Certificates of TVET Program Registration
(CTPR) or Certificate of Registration (COR); has absorptive training
capacity in terms of facilities, tools and equipment, and trainers, inclusive
of existing/on-going scholarship programs with other government
agencies and other funding organizations;

c) that our TV/ has not been subjected to any unsettled 'final and executory
Notice of Disallowance (ND) involving any scholarship program of TESDA
and that it has not been involved in any case of unlawful exaction of fees
and/or unlawful offering of any program within the jurisdiction of TESDA (if
applicable);

d) that all documents, most especially the billing documents that we have
submitted to TESDA are true and correct, and that in the event of any
findings of falsification, forgery, and/or misrepresentation, then the TV/
that I represent and I shall be jointly and severally responsible and
liable for the same.

24. I fully understand that sanctions to our TVls shall be based on current
guidelines for TESDA Scholarship Programs and UTPRAS guidelines.

BENEDICTO A. BIATO
Acting Administrator
TESDA CSITE-Mountain Province Campus

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN TO before me in this

affiant exhibiting to me his/her (Government ID)
with ID number

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