Tag: TESDA

TESDA urges youth to get into tech-voc courses

DAGUPAN CITY, August 21 (PIA) – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is advancing the cause of technical-vocational education and training among the youth to help them turn their dreams into a reality. In order to reach out to majority of people, TESDA Secretary. Joel Villanueva is visiting various areas in the country to carry out a basketball exhibition game dubbed “Shoot for Your Dream” to bolster people’s understanding of the agency’s programs and […]

TESDA to offer courses on Garbage Collection, Sanitary Landfill Operations

TAGUIG CITY, AUG. 12 (PIA)–The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently introduced training courses on Garbage Collection NC I and Sanitary Landfill Operations NC III. The TESDA Board approved the two training courses in June this year and will be offered in select technical vocational institutions soon “Garbage collectors have to deal hands-on with our daily trash. In this thankless job, they make sure wastes get removed from our homes and taken to […]

P10M tech-voc scholarship for Davao del Norte’s youth

Students in Davao del Norte province who are graduating from high school this March, but who are wary about pursuing their education because of lack of money can turn to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). In a recent visit to the province, TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva announced a P10-million worth of scholarship for those eyeing to take technical vocational courses. The scholarship grant, which Villanueva turned over to local executives, was […]

New training deals to benefit over 2,000 scholars

For this initiative, in cooperation with the private sector, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in a statement said it will pour some P17.480 million worth of scholarship vouchers, which will be sourced from its Training for Work Scholarship Program. Under separate Memorandum of Agreements (MOA) signed last week, TESDA will allocate P8.130 million for the Makati Development Corporation (MDC); P5.450 million for the Philippine Society of Plumbing Engineers (PSPE) Inc.; and P3.9 […]

Solar Lamp Post Project By TESDA

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) worked on an economical source of Eco-friendly light as they marked Earth Day on Tuesday by singing a pact for the Light The City Project in which they will install 34 solar-powered street lights on footbridges in selected areas in Metro Manila. The production cost and training for assembling the lights of this project will be funded by TESDA while the […]

TESDA, SEIPI team up anew to train over 5,000 workers

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has allocated P30 million for the training of 5,172 scholars in the semiconductor and electronics industry. Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, announced that the agency has teamed up anew with the Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI) to harness the skills of technical-vocational students and workers who aspire for quality job as operators in the country’s top electronics firms. In a Memorandum […]