25 August 2012
With technical vocational education and training (TVET), the country's drivers will not just have their hands on the wheels, but on other stuff, too.
Soon, 200 drivers who are members of the Federation of Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association of the Philippines (FEJODAP) and their dependents will have the chance to hone their driving skills and learn new and related skills such as automotive servicing and diesel engine mechanic repair.
Oil giant Petron Foundation, Inc. will provide P1 million for the project dubbed “Tsuper Dunong” for the training support to the 200 Fejodap members and their dependents.
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will provide scholarship for the drivers through its Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP). The drivers can enroll in TESDA registered programs in private TVET providers or TESDA schools/training centers.
"Learning goes on for our drivers so they would have their hands not just on the wheels, but on things that need expert service such as repair of car engine," Secretary Joel Villanueva said.
"The new skills will give them the opportunity to earn additional income for their families," he added.
The TESDA director general thanked Petron and Fejodap for partnering with them for the project aimed at improving the lives of people in the transport sector.
For the “Tsuper Dunong,” TESDA, through Villanueva; Petron, represented by Archie Gulapor, vice president for national sales; and Fejodap, represented by its president, Zenaida Maranan, inked a memorandum of agreement.
Under the agreement, TESDA will provide the skills training to the drivers, who after completing the training will undergo competency assessment. Passers will be certified by TESDA and issued their National Certificate I.
Petron, on the other hand, will give them transportation allowance while on training.
Petron's initiative is part of its corporate social responsibility program aimed at upgrading the skills level of members of the transport sector.
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