01/08/2024
𝐆𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐰𝐬! 𝐋𝐓𝐎 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐓𝐃𝐂 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦
The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has started implementing an online platform for Theoretical Driving Course (TDC) as part of the digital shift that was ordered by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. for all government services.
LTO Chief, Assistant Secretary Atty. Vigor D. Mendoza II said the Online Theoretical Driving Course (OTDC) is a program designed to offer students the option of undertaking the required TDC in applying for driver’s license.
“This will provide a flexible and accessible learning experience which our Department of Transportation Secretary Jaime J. Bautista has been pusing under the Bagong Pilipinas,” said Assec Mendoza.
“The implementation of OTDC heralds a significant shift is a shift driving educalion that will allow individuals, specially professionals, and students, balancing work or academic commitment, the flexibility to pursue this course remotely, within the comfort of their homes, at their own pace, during their free time, at the office, or nn any locatlon that suits them,” he added.
Assec Mendoza said the program is also beneficial to the overseas Filipino workers.
Under the program, the applicants will have the option to choose the online platform that will connect them to LTO-accredited driving schools that are given the permit to operate the online TDC.
The applicants will then enlist themselves online by filling out the necessary forms and online payment.
The applicants will also have the responsibility to complete the TDC program and pass the necessary exam for the issuance of the certificate from the driving schools once the applicants apply for student permit.
Assec Mendoza said the LTO is also embarking on other measures to facilitate and make all the transactions in the agency scam-free.
“We are employing technology-aided solution to ensure that the person taking the course is indeed the driver’s license applicant,” said Assec Mendoza.
Assec Mendoza said he already directed all LTO personnel to maximize the dissemination of information on the availability of the OTDC through the use of social media.
“It is imperative that all applicants are made fully aware of this accredited online option, which is designed to enhançe the convenience and efficiency of obtaining a Student Drivers Permit,” said Assec Mendoza. #
