By Mel Madera
MALAYBALAY CITY (May 26,
2018) - The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will
launch its special skills training program in Maramag town in Bukidnon province
on June 1.
TESDA
Bukidnon director, Kotie R. Bax, told members of the Bukidnon media on May 22
that top TESDA officials and other government officials will gather at the
campus of the Mindanaw Tribal School in Barangay Panadtalan in Maramag to
launch the program.
Bax
said the program will cater to members of the Indigenous Peoples (IPs) and
former members of the New People’s Army (NPA) who have returned to the fold of
the law.
The
program will accommodate 15,000 skills development training slots for IPs
nationwide, she said, adding that the training will be conducted at
TESDA-accredited training schools.
In
the province, Bax said the training will be held at the 31 TESDA-accredited
public and private schools that offer technical and vocational programs.
She
said there are about 52 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET)
qualification title or course of the 12 sectors that are included in the
special program.
These
sectors are agricultural, automotive, construction, HVAC (Heating, Ventilation
and Air-Conditioning), metals and engineering, semi-conductor and electronics,
furniture and fixtures, garment and textiles, health, social and other
community development services, tourism, process food and beverages and utilities.
Participants
who complete the training module will be assessed and will be given a national
certification once they pass, Bax said.
Abdulwahid
Madum, TESDA Bukidnon information officer, disclosed that of the total national
quota, the entire Northern Mindanao region has 1,400 slots, wherein Bukidnon
has a share of 340 slots.
Madum
said the identified recipients will receive a PHP100 daily training allowance,
compared to the other TESDA programs whose recipients only receive PHP60 per
day. (Mel
B. Madera/PNA)
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