February 8, 2017
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) will join forces to help establish family enterprise among Filipino families.
TESDA Director General, Secretary Guiling “Gene” Mamondiong said that the Agency will assist in providing skills training to the members of the Basic Ecclesial Communities (BEC) of the church.
A BEC is usually composed of seven up to eight families that was established by the Committee on Basic Ecclesial Communities of the CBCP. This group then will help its members to become closer to the church and uplift its livelihood.
Through the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) of TESDA, participants would be given the chance to form a BEC and provide skills training depending on the course that they have chosen.
Recently, officials of TESDA met with CBCP-BEC Chairman Bishop Jose Cabantan and discussed about the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) which will help promote plans for family enterprise.
The joint program has chosen Bukidnon for its pilot project as Cabantan has discussed with the local coordinators for the implementation of the project.
One of the suggested family enterprises was the setting up of carinderia in which members are expected to promote their business and help it grow.
The TESDA also said that participants to the program will receive a National Certificate (NC) after they have completed the skills training which is free of charge.
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