14 December 2012
What is TESDA? What programs and services does it offer? Who may avail of it?
Soon, Metro Manila commuters taking the Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (MRT3) will find these and other information about technical vocational education and training (TVET) as part of TESDA’s social marketing and advocacy on train stations.
A Memorandum of Agreement between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Transportation and Communications – Metro Rail Transit Line 3 (DOTC-MRT3) allows the former to utilize designated areas in MRT3’s 13 stations for the dissemination of information on TESDA’s programs and services.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA Director General, said the MRT3 stations would give TESDA good exposure that is cost-effective.
Running along EDSA, MRT3 transports at least 500,000 passengers per day.
“Most train commuters find advocacy materials on stations to be a good source of information, especially for young people,” Villanueva noted.
MRT3 General Manager Al S. Vitangcol III said they hope to promote TESDA through the MRT3 stations while commuters are waiting for the train, and get the message across to them.
Under the agreement, the ads will come in the form of tarpaulins measuring 5 feet x 10 feet to be placed in areas to be designated by the MRT3 administration. TESDA may also distribute brochures that would be placed at specific ticket booths or racks.
Subject to availability of funds, the agencies will explore the possibility of providing job-related training scholarships to DOTC-MRT3 employees or their immediate qualified dependents.
“We’d like to thank DOTC for this free advocacy space to give us the chance to spread the word about our programs and reach more youth in need of skills for employment,” Villanueva said.
(L-R) TESDA PIO Director Marta M. Hernandez, TESDA Secretary Joel J. Villanueva, MRT3 General Manager Al S. Vitangcol III, and MRT3 Executive Assistant Eden A. Mendoza.
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