About 400 students in Maguindanao completed their skills
training under the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)
under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).
The number of graduates for the first semester of 2015
reflects an increase of more than 100 percent from 2014.
Last Friday, July 24, during the mass graduation rites, a
total of 395 technical vocational students graduated at the Regional Manpower
Development Center
The training program, which expanded from 45 to 55 days, has
the support of partner institutions and trade schools accredited by the TESDA.
Schools in Maguindanao province and Cotabato City
“The marketplace in businesses demands employees with
greater level of formal education and the vocational schools have always
responded to the needs of employers for labor,” Shaima Agassor, vice-president
of Ittihadun Nisa Foundation Inc. said.
Short-term courses offered under the program are computer
hardware servicing, automotive servicing, consumer electronics servicing,
electrical installation and maintenance, machining, plumbing, commercial
cooking, consumer electronics, dressmaking, food and beverage and bread and
pastry production, and driving.
Dr. Taugan Kikay, team leader of Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF)-Project Management Team, said the skills training is an educational
component also of the Sajahatra Bangsamoro, which is a socio-economic
initiative for Moro communities that avails wider access to opportunities in
alleviating poverty.
Another key component is focused on health services,
including the issuance of PhilHealth cards. The Sajahatra is aimed at
accelerating the transition of conflict-affected communities into productive
areas.
“The program caters also to the MILF rebel-returnees and
their dependents for key employment and job generation,” said Kikay.
Most of the graduates are MILF members and residents of ARMM
and Cotabato City
They received certificates and tool kits to start their
respective trade. The kits are based on the vocational courses they have
finished.
Omarkhayyam Dalagan, regional operations division chief of
TESDA-ARMM underscored the continuous effort of the agency to deliver quality
and relevant technical vocational education to the people of the region.
“Students can gain experiences they need for their job
interests,” he added.
“TESDA helped us a lot, now it’s not late for us to start
our own business,” 35-year old MILF member Abdulmohaimen Abo said in the
vernacular. He has finished metals and engineering machining course and has
encouraged other MILF members to take TESDA courses.
“Because of this program, many were employed and we hope its
coverage would expand further,” said Noraisa Ambil, a pharmacy services
graduate.
TESDA offices offer assessment services on a regular basis
and those who pass the assessment are automatically issued a national
certificate that serves as seal of excellence.
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