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MANILA, Philippines – The country faces the prospect of a shortage of farmers, with the population of agricultural workers now reportedly aging, according to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).

With the new food culture kindling interest in agriculture, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is urging more people to engage in green farming, which is considered as more environmental-friendly and more sustainable in the long-run.

MANILA, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) welcomed the move of President Aquino giving it an additional P1.1 billion fund for the grant of technical-vocational education and training (TVET) scholarships.

More than 5,000 skilled workers, trainers, graduates and students were certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) during the first three weeks of the second run of the National Technical Vocational Education and Training Competency Assessment and Certification (Natcac).

MORE and more people are optimistic that the Philippines, acknowledged as one of the world’s major exporters of quality skilled and unskilled manpower, is still capable of further raising productivity, improving product quality and enhancing workers’ employability.

Director General Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has recommended to corporations to revive and strengthen their apprenticeship programs and hire qualified trainees as part of their workforce.

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority will deliver 1.3 million scholars next year despite a proposed cut in its 2012 budget.

After unearthing recently the distribution of P2.4 billion worth of scholarships by former Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) officials sans any appropriations in the budget, another discovery was made showing more than half of them were allegedly granted to “ghost” students and vocational schools.

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Mindanao is pushing for technopreneurship in an effort to reinvigorate the Mindanao technical and vocational industry.

TAGUIG CITY, August 10 (PIA) — The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has partnered with a vocational institution in Japan to share their expertise on technical vocational education to its neighboring ASEAN countries.

MANILA, Philippines — More than 600 youths were awarded with scholarships on Tuesday by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for free training as a new batch of scholars.

MANILA, Philippines — Eyeing Mindanao as the future hub of the successful and influential techno-preneurs in the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has joined hands with the Mindanao Technical Vocational Education and Training (MinTVET) Association to help pave the path of opportunities for budding techno-preneurs.

MANILA, Philippines — Eyeing Mindanao as the future hub of the successful and influential techno-preneurs in the Philippines, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has joined hands with the Mindanao Technical Vocational Education and Training (MinTVET) Association to help pave the path of opportunities for budding techno-preneurs. TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva said…

WITH the much needed push, Mindanao could become hub of the Philippines’ version of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs, Sergey Brin and other successful and influential technopreneurs.

MANILA, Philippines – It used to be that a college diploma is a ticket to a secure future. As it is, the traditional view of education in the Philippines is that we proceed to college after finishing high school and then find a job after graduating.

MANILA, Philippines — TESDA and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) signed last week in Makati City a letter of understanding for a partnership project in mainstreaming gender sensitivity and life skills in vocational training.

MANILA, Philippines — To break the division along gender lines in technical vocational (tech-voc) education, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) are coming out with a gender-sensitivity training curriculum.

This column received feedback from a government agency involved in education, particularly the promotion of technical skills training. Ma. Susan Dela Rama, executive director of TESDA, shared with us some of the challenges that the agency faces, and how it is trying to cope. Please read on.

MANILA, Philippines – Technical and vocational education will be integrated in the proposed “K+12” model for the country’s basic education system, effectively adding two more years to high school, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general Joel Villanueva said yesterday.

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority chief Joel Villanueva has identified seven emerging industries which will give greater employment opportunities to vocational and technical skills graduates.

MANILA — The Aquino government is willing to support the initiatives being pursued by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines to strengthen the entrepreneurial capabilities of the employees to improve their income.

MANILA, Philippines — Young school leavers in Quezon City can look forward to learning a skill for free, getting a job, and another chance to return to school.

MANILA, Philippines — Quezon City have a chance to return to school after the city government and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) signed an agreement to train them.

MANILA, Philippines — The Kananga-EDC Institute of Technology (KEITECH) in Kananga town in Leyte has become a benchmark for alternative education and training program that has transformed unskilled youth into highly-skilled workers. It was jointly founded in June 2009 by geothermal leader Energy Development Corporation (EDC), the municipal government of Kananga, and TESDA.

Secretary Joel Villanueva, Director General of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) forges partnership with Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and Informatics through the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) during his visit to Cebu on September 29, 2010. This is in line with Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III’s pronouncement on Private-Public Partnership…

Philippines – Scholarship grants and job opportunities tied to government’s technical vocation program have helped keep the literacy and employment percentage in Cavite on the highest level, provincial officials said.

Three hundred female out of school youth from Cebu were granted Information and Communications Technology (ICT) vocational training in a deal signed between Cebu Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and Informatics Philippines.

MANILA, Philippines — TESDA training programs are designed to enable trainees to learn and master the competencies needed for a job.

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines—North Cotabato Governor Emmylou Mendoza has urged the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority to provide free intensive training to women seeking employment as drivers.

MANILA, Philippines—Following a string of road accidents over the holidays, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has offered to provide technical training and safety reorientation to some 50,000 public utility vehicle drivers nationwide in the next two years.