29 October 2013
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has launched a nationwide contest, challenging technical vocational education and training (tech-voc) graduates and schools offering tech-voc programs to create a video of their success story that will encourage other people to get into this career path.
The grand winners for the graduate and institution categories will be selected based on a list of criteria and the number of likes in the social networking site Facebook.
"The contest will provide a platform for tech-voc graduates and institutions to share their experiences and views on tech-voc, and tell the public why this is the way to go," Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, said as the agency launched the Tatak TESDA Video Making Contest on October 29 during the 2nd TechVoc Congress in Pasay City.
Villanueva said the best person to promote a product or service and inspire others is the one who directly experienced its benefits and positive effects. This is the reason why they thought of making the graduates themselves as the tech-voc advocates.
Using digital and social media, the contest will also be an opportunity to promote the programs and services of TESDA.
The contest will have two categories: tech-voc graduate and institution.
The graduate should be a holder of a National Certificate (NC) or Certificate of Competency (CoC) in any qualification or course from 1996 onwards. He or she should be working in the country or abroad either as wage-employed or self-employed in the qualification he or she was trained. The contestant can be of any age.
As for the institution, any interested school should be a holder of Certificate of TVET Program Registration for any qualification covered by the Training for Work Scholarship Program; a holder of Certificate of TVET Program Registration for the qualification of the graduate on the video and currently offering the said program; and, of good standing and should pass TESDA’s compliance audit.
The graduate or the school should submit an original two to three minute video taken at the workplace or work setting using any recording device, which may be done in Filipino or English or both.
The video may be in the form of dramatization, storytelling or music video and should answer this question: How did your tech-voc training change your life? The closing statement should include "Ako si ________, Tatak TESDA."
The entry should be uploaded in a Facebook account together with the entry form containing the following information: Name, address, tech-voc training completed and where it was completed, present work, including title of position, name of employer, address of employer and salary rate.
The URL of the uploaded video should be sent to tataktesda@tesda.gov.ph from November 4 to December 30, 2013.
Villanueva said the first 1,000 entries that pass the criteria will receive a token from TESDA. The TESDA screening committee will upload the video that pass the criteria in its Facebook account. It will be the official entry to the contest. The video will be up in the TESDA Facebook account up to February 2014. Entries that will get 1,500 Likes would be entitled to one Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) scholarship slot.
The committee will review the entries and select the top 20 (10 graduates and 10 tech-voc institutions) based on content, video quality and popularity to the public (viewers' choice).
The top 10 entries sent by the graduates will receive P10,000 each to enhance their video, which will be uploaded again in the TESDA Facebook account.
The committee and the members of the Board of Judges will screen the entries and choose the winners for the different categories:
· Best in Video (Cinematography)
Graduate: P25,000 and trophy
Tech-Voc Institution: P250,000 worth of TWSP scholarship and trophy
- Best in Story (Screenplay) Graduate: P25,000 and trophy Tech-Voc Institution: P250,000 worth of TWSP scholarship and trophy
- People's Choice Award Graduate: P50,000 and trophy Tech-Voc Institution: P500,000 worth of TWSP scholarship and trophy
- Grand Winner Graduate: P100,000 and trophy Tech-Voc Institution: P1 million worth of TWSP scholarship and trophy
Entries may be submitted starting November 4 until December 30, 2013. The awarding rites is on February 14, 2014.
Additional information about the contest can be accessed from the TESDA website: www.tesda.gov.ph or from www.facebook.com/TESDAofficial.
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