19 July 2013
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) received volumes of confiscated lumber from the Bureau of Customs (BoC), which it will use for the continuous production of armchairs for use of public schools.
A total of 280,000 board feet of lauan lumber were turned over Friday at the PNoy Bayanihan Production Site at the TESDA Complex in Taguig City.
Last year, TESDA received 26,166 pieces which the agency has fabricated into armchairs.
Witnessing the event were Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general; Customs Commissioner Ruffy Biazon; Environment Assistant Secretary Marcial Amaro and other officials of the agency.
"What I can see from the piles of lumber are happy students who will soon have chairs when they attend classes," Villanueva said.
"We will tap our skilled workers to turn the confiscated logs into quality furniture to help erase the shortage of school chairs in the country," he added.
TESDA had signed a memorandum of agreement with the Department of Education, Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources for the PNOY Bayanihan Project, which aims to fast track the production of school furniture made out of confiscated logs.
TESDA has set up several production sites in key areas in the country and gathered its graduates to work in the fabrication of the lumber into chairs.
In the CARAGA production site, the agency has produced 34,186 armchairs and has delivered these to DepED. In the Taguig production site, on the other hand, 2,500 armchairs have so far been produced and ready for delivery. Another 2500, on the other hand, are targeted to be finished by end of July.
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