Around 50,000 to 70,000 scholars are expected to benefit from the various trainings that will be conducted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Western Visayas this year.
Regional Director Jerry G. Tizon said they are looking forward to an increase in their almost P1 billion scholarship budget last year so they can have more scholars.
“Hopefully this year our scholarship allocation will increase further so we can help more. I believe with the special commitment of our central office to legislative partners, it’s going to be the same figure or even more than that will be downloaded to us,” he said.
TESDA Western Visayas has 13 training technology institutes and 201 private technical-vocational institutions (TVI) as partners.
With its partners handling the training, TESDA will focus on the conduct of assessment to make sure that scholars are trained according to the standards and competencies set by the government.
TESDA offers over 280 training qualifications but if there are programs not included in their menu, Tizon said that they will try to come up with a registration program so it will be made available in the region.
“Training and assessment in TESDA is free. I am urging them to grab this opportunity and coordinate with our provincial offices for their desired training,” he added.
Those who are interested are advised to get in touch with TESDA’s provincial offices or at the regional office, training institutions or TVI partners.
Once a training qualification meets the required number of scholars, then there will be an orientation or training induction program.
With the pandemic, he said that they might adopt the same strategy last year where they will go on blended learning consisting of face-to-face classes for practical exams and online for theory.PNA
