{"id":268560,"date":"2020-09-13T06:21:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-13T10:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=268560"},"modified":"2025-01-16T15:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T20:09:05","slug":"workers-displaced-by-covid-19-urged-to-get-free-skills-retooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/13\/workers-displaced-by-covid-19-urged-to-get-free-skills-retooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers displaced by Covid-19 urged to get free skills retooling"},"content":{"rendered":"
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He urged those aspiring to gain \u201cnew applied and employable skills\u201d to visit the TESDA website, which also has a listing of the nearest training center offering their desired courses. (Pixabay photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Workers displaced by the lingering coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) crisis are being encouraged to avail of the government\u2019s free skills retooling programs so they can transition to new jobs, or put up micro-enterprises.<\/p>\n

Aniceto Bertiz III, deputy director-general for partnerships and linkages of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), said the agency has a wide range of highly specialized courses meant to enable laid off workers to find new employment or self-employment opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAircraft maintenance technicians who lost their jobs, for instance, might want to venture into automotive or heavy equipment servicing, while separated restaurant food servers might want to go into home-based bread and pastry production,\u201d Bertiz said.<\/p>\n

Bertiz, a former member of Congress representing the ACTS-OFW Coalition of Organizations, said learners can take their newly acquired practical skills wherever they decide to enlist in the Balik Probinsya Program \u201cor look for jobs overseas.\u201d<\/p>\n

He urged those aspiring to gain \u201cnew applied and employable skills\u201d to visit the TESDA website, which also has a listing of the nearest training center offering their desired courses.<\/p>\n

TESDA also has courses available via remote or distance learning, Bertiz pointed out.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have ample funding for our programs, and we should be able to serve a greater number of apprentices, as the government is readying even more money for 2021,\u201d Bertiz said.<\/p>\n

In the 2021 national budget endorsed by President Rodrigo Duterte to Congress, Bertiz said the government is investing in TESDA a total of PHP13.5 billion in new appropriations, including PHP3.6 billion for the Training for Work Scholarship Program; PHP2.9 billion for the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Program; PHP1.<\/p>\n

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5 billion for the Special Training for Employment Program; and PHP1 billion for the Tulong Trabaho Fund.<\/p>\n

The Training for Work Scholarship Program provides courses designed to qualify apprentices for jobs in agri-fishery, agri-business, agro-industrial, information technology-business process management, semiconductor and electronics, and other priority manufacturing industries, logistics, general infrastructure, as well as new and emerging sectors.<\/p>\n

The Special Training for Employment Program promotes community-based specialty skills training, primarily for those belonging to indigent families under the National Household Targeting System for Poverty Reduction and families reliant on the informal economy.<\/p>\n

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The Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Program gives tuition and other forms of subsidy to students enrolled in accredited technical vocational schools.<\/p>\n

The Tulong Trabaho Fund supports innovative skills training based on evolving and specified industry demands as well as critical competency shortages.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0(TESDA PR)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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