The Department of Education (DepEd) and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to enhance the quality of technical-vocational education offered under the Senior High School (SHS) program. Signed by DepEd Secretary Sonny Angara...
The Philippines is seeking a World Bank loan worth billions of pesos to enhance technical-vocational education and training (TVET) in the country. In a concept document dated June 24, the World Bank said the investment project financing (IPF) for the proposed $250.625-million (over ₱14-billion)...
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Secretary Suharto Mangudadatu on Tuesday, Feb. 27, bemoaned the lack of technology-based skills of Filipinos as the agency readies to equip them with knowledge about handling higher-level technologies. TESDA Secretary Suharto...
House of Representatives (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) With 246 "yes" votes, a measure seeking to boost financial literacy among Filipinos have been approved on third and final reading in the House of Representatives. Given final nod by the...
Over 58,000 Filipinos — including youth, women, indigenous peoples and persons with disabilities — have benefited from the Skills for Prosperity Programme in the Philippines, according to the International Labour Organization (ILO). ILO Country Director Khalid Hassan reported that the program,...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) renewed its commitment to upskilling and reskilling Filipinos as part of improving the technical vocational education and training (TVET) system in the country. *(Photo courtesy of TESDA/Manila Bulletin file photo)* In a statement on...
Senator Sherwin Gatchalian (Senate PRIB) Amid the celebration of World Youth Skills Day Saturday, July 15, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian is pushing for more technical and vocational education and training (TVET) programs that can provide higher level certifications. Gatchalian cited data from the...
Newly installed Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Suharto Mangudadatu seeks to bring the agency's programs and services closer to the communities as part of his 10-point agenda. As he assumed the position on June 6, he laid down his 10-point agenda for the next six years...
The House plenary. (Ellson Quismorio/ MANILA BULLETIN) A measure unanimously passed on third and final reading by the House of Representatives gives reformed drug dependents a second chance to become a productive member of society by having them undergo technical-vocational education and training...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva has called on the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to strengthen enterprise-based training (EBT), or programs that are developed within companies and firms. “We keep saying that EBT is the best way to improve outcomes and...
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said on Thursday, May 11, that it has inaugurated a three-story Provincial Training Center located in Lipa City, Batangas. In a statement, TESDA said that this is part of its commitment to expanding tech-voc training in the country as...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva said it is high-time for the government to address the jobs-skills mismatch surrounding technical-vocational education and training (TVET). Villanueva made the call during the first Standing Committee meeting of the Second Congressional Commission on Education...
