14 May 2012
Since its soft launch in December 2011, the online program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has gotten a total of 4,153 students connected online learning various technical vocational and training (TVET) courses.
Going full blast this month, Secretary Joel Villanueva hopes the program will gather more Filipinos in the country and abroad into a community of learners doing it through the internet.
“We would like to reach as many Filipinos as possible with the help of information communication technology. If for some constraints they cannot go to a school or training center, then TESDA will come to them,” said Villanueva, TESDA Director General, who led the formal launch of TESDA’s online program on Monday at TESDA Women’s Center in Taguig City.
TVET courses can now be taken not just from a school or training center, but from the home, the workplace, or where it is convenient for the students just with the aid of a computer, he said.
With the TESDA Online Program (TOP), Filipinos abroad can have access to the agency’s courses to build new qualifications to boost job opportunities.
Through the flexibility of distance learning, even workers currently employed can develop new skills by enrolling in qualifications that would fit in their schedule.
Villanueva said the online program would expand TESDA’s reach, complementing the services and programs offered by the agency’s training institutions all over the country.
Interested enrollees should simply log on to TESDA’s website, www.tesda.gov.ph to find the link leading to the online program.
Four online courses are currently available, namely: Computer Hardware Servicing NC II, Room Service Attendant (leading to Food and Beverage Services NCII), Guest Room Servicing (leading to Housekeeping NCII) and Cell Phone Repair Servicing (leading to Consumer Electronics Servicing NCII).
Villanueva said they target to offer a total of 10 courses within the year as part of the continuous development of the online education program.
The online program had its soft launch in December 2011, gathering a total of 4,153 users. Of this number, 803 are enrolled in Computer Hardware Servicing, 223 in Room Attendant Servicing, 61 in Guest Room Attendant Servicing, and 37 in Cellular Phone Servicing.
For the Computer Hardware Servicing, a total of nine trainees have completed the online module and have all passed the assessment and will soon receive the national certificate.
Jonathan Luzano, one of those who took the course and passed the assessment, got an instant job as desktop/laptop computer technician after finishing the online course.
The 29-year-old undergraduate of a course in Electronic Application said being TESDA-certified helped him clinch the job.
“The big advantage for me was it certified me as a computer technician not like before when I am just a technician with an experience. When someone asks me now, I proudly tell them that I am an NCII holder of TESDA,” he said.
Odilon Gundan, 32, is a graduate of Computer Engineering, but decided to enroll in Computer Hardware Servicing to gain additional knowledge.
Both Luzano and Gundan said they found out about the online program by surfing the TESDA website.
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