SAN FERNANDO CITY, Sept 8 (PIA) – Overseas Filipino Workers as well as their dependents who wish to gain knowledge on technology can now grab the course offered for free thru the “Microsoft Tulay IT Training Program” led by the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration- Regional Welfare Office 1 (OWWA-RWO1).
Labor Communications Officer Justin Paul D. Marbella said the free computer courses are open to spouses and high school-level children of married OFWs, parents and single siblings of single OFWs and the OFWs themselves if they are currently on vacation.
Only OFWs with valid OWWA membership will be catered for this program, Marbella added.
The courses offered for this “Tulay IT Program” includes Computer Fundamentals I (1 Day); Computer Fundamentals II (3 Days); Internet and World Wide Web Fundamentals (2 Days); Digital Media Fundamentals (2 Days); Web Design Fundamentals (2 Days); Word Processing Fundamentals (2 Days); Presentation Fundamentals (2 Days); Database Fundamentals (2 Days); and, Spreadsheet Fundamentals (2 Days.)
Venue for the conduct of classes is at the IT Learning Center, OWWA Regional Welfare Office I, 2nd Floor, Kenny Plaza Building, Quezon Ave., City of San Fernando, La Union.
Classes are are scheduled every Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, with IT Instructor Mr. Ian J. Galutan.
Meanwhile, OWWA-RWOI also partnered with the City Government of Dagupan, Pangasinan for this particular program. The free computer course is offered to OFWs and their dependents every first and second Fridays of the month, at the BELEN Building, Poblacion Oeste, Dagupan City.
Interested applicants should submit the following requirements: Proof of OWWA Membership (Official Receipt of OWWA Payment, OFW Information Sheet, Passport with LAC-stamp); and Proof of Relationship to the OFW: marriage certificate for spouses of OFW, Birth Certificate for children, parents or sibilings of single OFW.
For more information, applicants may contact OWWA RWOI through mobile numbers 0927 620 7300/ 0908 863 4250 / 0908 863 4300; or email them at owwalaunion@yahoo.com or visit their official facebook page at www.facebook.com/owwa.launion. (VHS/MPA/PIA1 La Union)