TESDA XII conducted Regional Consultative Conference held at the Greenleaf Hotel, General Santos City on October 17, 2016 graced by Director General, Sec. Guiling A. Mamondiong. This was participated by about 141 individuals coming from the various sectors such as TVET, SUCs/Colleges, LGUs, Industry, Transport, and Labor which brought to the attention of the Secretary their varied issues and concerns. Sec. Mamondiong happily announced among others that he would cause the release of about 10,000 scholarship vouchers to augment the scholarship allocation for Region XII to be implemented for the remaining months of 2016.
The Provincial Governor of Sarangani Province, Gov. Steve C. Solon attended said activity while the City Government of General Santos City sent its representative in the person of Councilor Rosalita T. Nuñez.
Among the issues raised by the participants were: TESDA’s intervention on the TVIs whose trainers have been pirated due to K to 12 implementation and low subsidy on training cost for various qualifications.
Before the Secretary delivered his message, TESDA North Cotabato Provincial Director El Cid H. Castillo, presented and discussed the Region XII TVET Situationer and the first 100 days accomplishment of TESDA XII under the Duterte administration.