TESDA Davao opens new training hub

02 May 2013

The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) recently inaugurated its new office building in Davao City aimed at offering better services to their clients.

The building, now owned by the agency, is expected to meet increasing demand of clients seeking skills training and other programs and services from TESDA.
 
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, witnessed the inauguration of the new office building located at Interior 2, Rimas Street, J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City.
 
"This office building is not only for TESDA regional office but also for Davao City and Davao del Sur. More importantly, this is also for the thousands of youth in the region who are in technical vocational education and training (TVET), and those who want to get into TVET as their path towards employment," Villanueva said.
 
Other TVET stakeholders, particularly the TVET institutions and representatives of industry associations, workers’ organizations and other groups, he said, welcomed this development. 
 
“They can better transact business with TESDA in this bigger building. And they will be happier to know that the TESDA regional and provincial offices in this area are now part of the expanded coverage of TESDA’s application for 9001:2008 ISO certification,” the TESDA head said with pride. 
 
"Through the years, TVET has become not only a fallback for those who cannot go to college, but the first choice for some," Villaueva added.

TVET is well and vibrant in Davao City and the whole region, which also hosts a number of industries run by skilled workers such as the business process outsourcing industry.
 
 The government of South Korea through the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) had also funded a training center in the city that offers various courses.
 
TESDA acquired the newly-inaugurated building through a lease-purchase scheme, which was approved by the agency's board last year.
 
The Amanah Islamic Bank, a former government owned and controlled bank, was supposed to finance the acquisition of the lot, but could no longer do it when it became a private entity.
 
"TESDA spent for the new center optimistic that it is a good investment in the long-run. Any improvement in the education of our youth is always a worthy investment, "Villanueva said.