17 August 2012
A P4.6-million ($109,873) fund from the International Labor Organization (ILO) will be pumped into skills training in selected communities of the Bondoc Peninsula in Quezon province in hopes to lure the youth to find jobs.
The funds are aimed at providing training to a total of 550 youth, women and persons from disadvantaged sectors to prepare them to enter the workforce or engage in their own livelihood venture.
For this project, ILO tied up with the Quezon National Agricultural School (QNAS), a technology institution of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), to give skills training for beneficiaries coming from the four municipalities of Quezon, namely: Unisan, Catanuan, San Narciso and Mulanay, and the other adjacent municipalities within the Bondoc Peninsula Area, which is a known conflict area.
The skills training programs will be provided by QNAS and the Bondoc Peninsula Technological Institute (BPTI) in San Narciso, Quezon.
The project, which will run from July 2012 to February 2013, is part of the Bondoc-Local Economic Development project known as the Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through local development in conflict areas in the Philippines.
“We are trying to make inroads in the area through tapping the energies of the youth to hone their skills so they could be productive,” Secretary Joel Villanueva said.
“These areas in the Bondoc Peninsula have missed out on development because of the conflict. We hope that peace can be achieved by addressing poverty and inequality,” he said.
Under the agreement, TESDA-QNAS will screen and select the beneficiaries, who will come from the youth, wives of fishermen and farmers, persons with physical disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.
The training programs to be conducted are in various courses such as Food and Beverage Services, Housekeeping, Bread and Pastry Production, Food Processing, Household Services, Consumer Electronics and Automotive Servicing. Livelihood programs such as Cosmetology, Therapeutic Body Massage and Artificial Insemination will also be offered.
At the end of the training, at least 60 percent of those who graduated are expected to be employed or have set-up their own businesses, the agreement said.
Villanueva thanked the ILO for providing the funding to help in the development of the Bondoc Peninsula area.
“This will be matched with quality training that is being provided by our own technology institution such as the QNAS and BPTI,” he said.
QNAS is one of the models for best practices in technical vocational education and training (TVET) specifically in Competency Based Training (CBT) delivery and one of the four (4) TESDA technology institutions (TTIs) all over the Philippines, which received silver level accreditation from the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC), the seal of quality for TVET institutions.
A P4.6-million ($109,873) fund from the International Labor Organization (ILO) will be pumped into skills training in selected communities of the Bondoc Peninsula in Quezon province in hopes to lure the youth to find jobs.
The funds are aimed at providing training to a total of 550 youth, women and persons from disadvantaged sectors to prepare them to enter the workforce or engage in their own livelihood venture.
For this project, ILO tied up with the Quezon National Agricultural School (QNAS), a technology institution of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), to give skills training for beneficiaries coming from the four municipalities of Quezon, namely: Unisan, Catanuan, San Narciso and Mulanay, and the other adjacent municipalities within the Bondoc Peninsula Area, which is a known conflict area.
The skills training programs will be provided by QNAS and the Bondoc Peninsula Technological Institute (BPTI) in San Narciso, Quezon.
The project, which will run from July 2012 to February 2013, is part of the Bondoc-Local Economic Development project known as the Inter-agency Programme to Nurture Peace, Security and Decent Work through local development in conflict areas in the Philippines.
“We are trying to make inroads in the area through tapping the energies of the youth to hone their skills so they could be productive,” Secretary Joel Villanueva said.
“These areas in the Bondoc Peninsula have missed out on development because of the conflict. We hope that peace can be achieved by addressing poverty and inequality,” he said.
Under the agreement, TESDA-QNAS will screen and select the beneficiaries, who will come from the youth, wives of fishermen and farmers, persons with physical disabilities, and other vulnerable groups.
The training programs to be conducted are in various courses such as Food and Beverage Services, Housekeeping, Bread and Pastry Production, Food Processing, Household Services, Consumer Electronics and Automotive Servicing. Livelihood programs such as Cosmetology, Therapeutic Body Massage and Artificial Insemination will also be offered.
At the end of the training, at least 60 percent of those who graduated are expected to be employed or have set-up their own businesses, the agreement said.
Villanueva thanked the ILO for providing the funding to help in the development of the Bondoc Peninsula area.
“This will be matched with quality training that is being provided by our own technology institution such as the QNAS and BPTI,” he said.
QNAS is one of the models for best practices in technical vocational education and training (TVET) specifically in Competency Based Training (CBT) delivery and one of the four (4) TESDA technology institutions (TTIs) all over the Philippines, which received silver level accreditation from the Asia Pacific Accreditation and Certification Commission (APACC), the seal of quality for TVET institutions.
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