Employment
Align skills with local jobs and workforce demand.
TESDA Circular No. 024, s. 2026
Train LOKAL
Local skills, led locally.
Localized Opportunities for Knowledge Access and Lifelong Learning helps local governments lead skills training that reflects the jobs, industries, and opportunities in their own communities.
LGU-led
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LOKAL
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Grow
Sustainably
What it means
A local skills system built around real opportunity.
Train LOKAL puts LGUs at the center of workforce planning and skills-demand identification. TESDA remains the standards-setter, quality assurer, and capacity builder.
Participation is voluntary, collaborative, and flexible. Every LGU can choose an approach that matches its priorities, readiness, resources, and local economy.
Enterprise
Connect training with livelihood and business growth.
Lifelong learning
Create accessible pathways for skills throughout life.
How it works
Five phases, adapted to local readiness.
TESDA and LGUs move from understanding local needs to delivering sustainable, quality-assured programs.
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01
Preparatory
Understand local conditions, workforce needs, priority sectors, and existing skills programs.
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Advocacy
Build local commitment and position skills training as a tool for jobs, enterprise, and growth.
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Capacity building
Strengthen CTECs, local TVET structures, facilities, trainers, policies, and partnerships.
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Institutionalization
Embed TVET in local policies, development plans, investment programs, and budgets.
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Implementation
Deliver locally responsive programs with TESDA technical support and quality assurance.
Flexible by design
LGUs can start where they are.
An LGU may adopt one arrangement or combine several. Owning a training center is not required to begin.
Shared conditions for success
- 01 Convergence among LGUs, TESDA, industry, and training partners
- 02 Progressive transfer of responsibility as local capacity grows
- 03 Integration into local development and investment plans
- 04 TESDA standards, assessment, certification, and quality assurance
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Integrated local TVET ecosystem
Coordinate training providers, industry, schools, and partners around one local skills agenda.
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LGU-managed scholarship
Fund or subsidize residents in TESDA-registered or partner-delivered training programs.
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Multi-stakeholder partnership
Pool financing, facilities, expertise, and employment pathways with public and private partners.
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Community-based training
Bring demand-driven skills programs closer to priority groups in barangays and communities.
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Specialized skills hub
Build sector-focused centers that connect advanced skills, innovation, and enterprise development.
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LGU-run training center
Operate a formal local training facility aligned with TESDA standards and quality requirements.
Who benefits
Training reaches people based on local evidence and need.
Priority groups may include indigent and informal-sector families, barangay and community workers, out-of-school and unemployed youth, senior high school graduates, and other locally identified sectors.
TESDA support
National standards with locally responsive delivery.
TESDA provides policy guidance, technical assistance, capacity building, program registration or recognition support, monitoring, and quality assurance throughout implementation.
Start the conversation
Ready to explore Train LOKAL for your community?
Connect with your TESDA Provincial or District Office to discuss local priorities, readiness, and the arrangement that fits your LGU.