The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) reported that a total of 192,654 enrollees were enlisted as new scholars during the two-day National Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Enrollment and Jobs Bridging conducted nationwide on February 27 and 28.
Tesda records showed that Region 3 reported the most number of enrollees with 27,248 registrants, followed by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, 22,324; Region 11, 18,732; Region 5, 18,575; Region 6, 17,812; Region 4A, 14,739; Region 10, 12,434; Region 12, 10,602; NCR, 10,553; Region 9, 10,146; Region 4B, 9,153; Region 7, 7,146; Cordillera Autonomous Region, 4,029; Caraga, 3,159; Region 8, 2,589; Region 2, 2,475; and, last, Region 1 with 938 registrants.
The top 5 in-demand courses for students were Driving NC II, Computer Systems Servicing NC II, Bread and Pastry Production NC II, Cookery NC II, and Dressmaking NC II.
Tesda Director General Guiling A. Mamondiong said he is elated over the success of the enrolment program during the two-day event, which saw 2,906 job applicants hired “on the spot” among the 7,932 who applied for more than 80,000 jobs available.
To address ‘’job mismatch,’’ Mamondiong has encouraged the public to take up courses being offered by Tesda to learn new skills to increase their chances of landing a job.
“These days it’s not enough that you go to school. You need to have skills to avoid job mismatch, so that you can get a good job,” Mamondiong said.
The program aims to step up the advocacy of Tesda to promote and offer the programs of the agency here and abroad, and offer assistance to TVET graduates in search of employment.
The two-day activity was supported by local government units, regional offices of the Department of Labor and Employment, and Public Employment Service Offices. Other groups that joined the event were various Tesda vocational institutions, Jollibee Corp., Toyota Motors Philippines, Ace Hardware and SM Supermarket.
Tesda used online facilities, such as Facebook Livestreaming, to promote the various programs of the agency.
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By Claudeth Mocon-Ciriaco / Business Mirror
Tesda enrolls 192,654 new TVET scholars
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