28 February 2013
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority launched its Cash for Training Program (C4TP) in CALABARZON, matching the region's industrial boom with the needed skilled workers.
A total of 3,286 trainees will be tapped from the provinces of Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon to undergo the free training in various available courses.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, led the launch in Batangas City with Vice Governor Mark Leviste and officials of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), TESDA's partner in implementing the program.
"We will try to match the needs of the country's industrial zones like CALABARZON with skilled manpower through programs such as the C4TP," Villanueva said.
C4TP is designed to improve the plight of the marginalized youth by giving them training that could be a path toward employment and improvement of their living conditions.
DSWD is pouring in P1.3 billion for the program that will cover a total of 65,730 beneficiaries all over the country. TESDA's role will focus mainly on the provision of training, assessment of the graduates and issuance of National Certificate to the passers.
Beneficiaries may enroll either in training for wage employment (Trabaho) or training for self-employment (Hanapbuhay).
CALABARZON has an allocation of P65.7 million that will cover the training cost, assessment fee, allowance, and toolkits and entrepreneurship training for those who will choose the training for self-employment.
C4TP also had its launching in provinces such as Pangasinan, Cordillera Autonomous Region, Cagayan de Oro and Iloilo.
CALABARZON is one of the country's biggest regions in terms of population. Known as the industrial powerhouse of the Philippines, it has a big supply base of semi-processed industrial raw materials and industrial components coming from its 31 world-class industrial estates and economic zones, according to the website of the Department of Trade and Industry.
"Having great potential for infrastructure development and a magnet for business development activities, we want to make sure that the region will always have a pool of workers when the demand comes," Villanueva said.
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