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TUBLAY, Benguet, Philippines — Today’s youth must venture on technical-vocational (tech-voc) courses to help them land high-paying local and overseas employment, Rep. Ronald M. Cosalan said here recently.

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has approved new training regulations for at least eight courses in the fields of jewelry making, land surveying and barbering.

MANILA, Philippines – More Filipinos are taking up vocational courses to work as barbers and hairstylists abroad, according to the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

MANILA, Philippines – The Department of Education (DepEd), in coordination with the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), will continue to strengthen 282 technical-vocational high schools it was currently supervising.

Manila—The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority called on students seeking technical training to first check the schools for accreditation before enrollment.

Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director General Joel Villanueva yesterday called for the passage of proposed measures currently filed in Congress, which will promote, strengthen and institutionalize the ladderized education program (LEP) in the country.

MANILA, Philippines – Graduates of the more popular computer school chains performed well and enjoyed a high success rate in getting information technology (IT) jobs.

MANILA, Philippines—The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) has signed an agreement with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of National Defense for the construction of a Human Resource Development Training Center in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

CEBU, Philippines – Close to the 200,000 scholars have been trained while another 100,000 have been certified by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority within 100 days of its new leadership under director general Joel Villanueva.

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The ILO estimates that unemployment is up by more than 30 million worldwide since 2007. The number of unemployed youth increased by 8.5 million between 2008 and 2009, the largest year-on-year increase in at least ten years. Against this sombre economic background, technical and vocational education and training (TVET) systems worldwide are under pressure to…

MANILA, Philippines—The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) is seeking P700 million for scholarships next year under its proposed P2.85-billion budget as it aims to have more employable graduates of technical and vocational courses.

MANILA, Philippines—While downsizing the government budget for next year, President Aquino has committed an allocation of some P700 million to fund the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s scholarship program for 2011 even as its new leadership pursues a probe into possible misuse of funds under the past administration, the agency’s chief has bared.

Stops payment for P39M ‘ghost deliveries’ MANILA, Philippines—The new head of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has cancelled the bidding for P79 million worth of “irregular” purchases and stopped payment for remaining P39 million payables for an “irregular project, including ghost deliveries.”

MANILA, Philippines–Graduates of technical vocational courses have higher chances of getting employed and with a shorter job search period, Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) Director General Pastor Z. Guiao said.

MANILA, Philippines — Who says there is no life after retirement? In an effort to provide employment or additional sources of income, the government is now offering free skills training not only for young Filipinos, but older people as well, Pastor Guiao, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) director general, said even retirees could…

MANILA, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) produced over 5,500 skilled automotive mechanics from its partnership with Robert Bosch Inc., a local subsidiary of global automotive technology leader Robert Bosch GmbH.

A partylist representative who is known for his successful ventures in the field of education filed on Thursday a resolution for the creation of a separate licensing authority for technical-vocational skills workers in the country. A-Teacher partylist representative and legislator Atty. Ulpiano “Ulan” Sarmiento 3rd filed House Bill 7705 to push for the passage of…

For the next nine months, forget the grand investment plans crafted by the government technocrats. They would merely drain whatever limited investment funds the state has. They are about long-gestating projects; no fruits within the short term. They would favor cronies and Big Business.

Oversubscription blamed   BACOLOD CITY: The truth behind the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) controversy in Bacolod was finally made clear by Tesda Regional Director Buen Mondejar who said the “hold order” for releasing scholarship vouchers was due to “oversubscription” of beneficiaries nationwide.

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Joel Maureal was a computer technician profiting from the high-caliber training he received from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda). The man is productive despite the fact that he lost an arm in a jeepney accident 20-years ago.

MANILA, Philippines – The Arroyo administration is set to allocate P5.66 billion for a massive skills training and technical education program aimed at helping more than 800,000 workers find higher paying jobs and better employment opportunities this year, Malacañang said yesterday.

Republic of the Philippines Congress of the Philippines Metro Manila Fourteenth Congress Second Regular Session  Begun and held in Metro Manila, on Monday, the twenty-eighth day of July, two thousand eight. Republic Act No. 9547             April 1, 2009 AN ACT STRENGTHENING AND EXPANDING THE COVERAGE OF THE SPECIAL PROGRAM…