THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has tapped the semiconductor giant Intel Philippines to help train a fresh batch of technology-vocational (tech-voc) trainers from the agency who will undergo digital-literacy training this month to beef up their skills, especially in the use of modern information and communications technology (ICT).
Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva said the 25 trainers would take the Core Trainers Course from April 24 to 27 at the agency’s main office in Taguig City in partnership with Intel.
The trainers would make up the third batch who would take the training program under the auspices of Intel. The first two batches had 69 trainers and are now responsible in training their colleagues in other parts of the country.
To date, the Tesda trainers were able to train a total of 4,114 trainees from different eTesda centers nationwide.
Villanueva said they tapped Intel for the program to standardize and upgrade the learning platform of Tesda’s computer-literacy course, one of the qualifications offered in various technology institutions of the agency.
“We are socializing, doing many transactions using the computer, and living in a world increasingly defined by [computer] programs. We want to use this power of technology to harness the potential of our technical-vocational courses,” he said.
“We are thankful to Intel for partnering with Tesda in this endeavor. In the digital age, providing knowledge about computers and modern technology is a way of empowering our people,” he added.
Under the partnership, Intel will provide all the prescribed software and printed learning materials needed for the training, including proven adult learning techniques, to teach practical and relevant skills to people with little or no prior computer experience.
Last week the agency also inked partnerships with several foreign business chambers, such as the American Chamber of Commerce, the Australia-New Zealand Chamber and the European Innovation, Technology and Science Center to enable Filipino tech-voc graduates to land a job in the manufacturing sector where there is a high demand for skilled workers.
Meanwhile, a total of 2,000 tech-voc trainers and school administrators are targeted to be trained once the construction of a training center that is seen to become a new hub for tech-voc training in the country is be finished, Tesda disclosed.
Villanueva said construction of the Human Resource Development Training Center has started in Fort Bonifacio in Taguig City following the agreement inked by the agency and the Department of National Defense with the government of South Korea through the Korean International Cooperation Agency.
Under the agreement signed in October last year, the South Korean government will provide a $7.5-million (about P320 million) grant to cover the construction of the four-story training center at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, provide the design and equipment, dispatch Korean experts on technical guidance for the training, and send Filipino officials and trainers for further training in Korea.
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By: Claudeth Mocon
Source: Business Mirror, April 15, 2012
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