January 18, 2018
Some 10,000 internally-displaced persons (IDP) from Marawi City are
expected to benefit from the Expanded Emergency Massive Skills
Training Program (EEMSTP) which will be implemented by the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Director General/Secretary Guiling "Gene" A. Mamondiong said that the
EEMSTP aims to create job opportunities and transform IDPs into
construction workers by offering construction-related courses in line
with the Task Force Bangon Marawi project which assists the government
in rebuilding lives in Marawi City.
The target beneficiaries of this program will be the IDPs in Marawi
City, Lanao del Sur, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and Cagayan De Oro
City. They will be identified in coordination with the concerned local
government units (LGUs), national government agencies (NGAs) and the
Task Force Bangon Marawi.
"In the interest of service and in order to immediately address the
existing need of the Task Force Bangon Marawi for skilled workers in
the construction sector and to continue assisting the government for
disaster rehabilitation and recovery for rebuilding lives in Marawi
City as a result of crisis brought by armed conflict, an Expanded
Emergency Massive Skills Training Program for the Internally Displaced
Persons from Marawi City is hereby adopted," said Mamondiong in a
TESDA circular.
These construction-related courses are Carpentry NC II, Masonry NC I,
SMAW NC I, Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II, Pipefitting
NC II, and Heavy Equipment Operation (HEO).
"The EEMSTP shall offer construction-related courses (cluster of
competencies) that are in-demand in the area intended for the repair,
reconstruction, and rehabilitation of houses and community
infrastructures," Mamondiong added.
In November 2017, TESDA offered courses to several IDPs in Marawi
City. These courses were cake making (Leading to Bread and Pastry
Production); dressmaking; massage therapy; Carpenty; prepare and cook
hot meals (Leading to Cookery NC II); pastry making (Leading to Bread
and Pastry Production); silk screen printing of t-shirt; prepare
poultry and vegetable dishes (Leading to Cookery NC II) and agri-crops
production NC II.
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