27 January 2014
As the Training Program for Bangladesh Competency-based Training and Assessment Implementers concludes, trainers from Bangladesh said they are now living proof that the Philippines is among the best countries for technical vocational education and training (TVET).
"Personally I would like to say that in the 22 years of my career, I have never attended such an effective and joyful training program with such excellent facilitators and I am sure that all the participants will admit it," Kamal Hossain, project director at Bangladesh Skills Development Project-Directorate of Technical Education, said.
"Thank you for giving us the opportunity ...for the excellent, outstanding support provided us. ... This training in three batches is one step to the future collaboration between the Philippines and Bangladesh," he said.
Kamal, 49, is one of the 20 graduates of the third batch of trainers, who marched on stage last January 24 after completing the training course given by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The first two batches had a total of 40 graduates.
Secretary Joel Villanueva, TESDA director general, said the agency would keep an open door to tech-voc educators who need further honing of their teaching skills.
"TESDA and the government of Bangladesh share a common belief that nurturing excellent human talent through cooperation in the area of technical vocational education and training is a key engine for closing the skills gap, creating jobs, and propelling the economy," he said.
"But to do this, we need to develop better educators because whether we like it or not, the success of our training programs largely depends on the trainers. Thus, we cannot go wrong on the kind of education we give them," he said.
Villanueva also said the agency would always be ready to impart its expertise to its counterparts in other countries. TESDA is glad, he said, to once again turn out a new batch of trainers trained the TESDA way.
The two-week training program was implemented by TESDA in cooperation with the Ministry of Education of Bangladesh, and under the Asian Development Bank-funded Skills Development Project.
The training program aimed at providing opportunity for professional development to people delivering technical vocational education and training. It covered topics such as conducting training needs analysis, developing training curriculum, developing learning materials, developing competency assessment tools, and facilitating the development of competency standards.
TVET program registration and compliance audit, management information system, and training institutions' job placements were also part of the training program.
"We will be relentless in driving up the quality of teaching in tech-voc education. Teaching should be aligned to what the market needs," Villanueva said.
"Skills matter a lot. The market makes enormous demands on the level of skills needed; we must get our skills policy and skills infrastructure right," he said.
The training combined classroom lectures and field exposure to training institutions to boost the understanding of the participants in the implementation of competency-based training, competency assessment, and job placement systems in the Philippines.
The institutional visits included a peek at the TESDA Women's Center's Welding, Automotive, Electronics, Dressmaking and Food Processing workshops. Another visit was at the Meralco Foundation Inc. Technological Institute in Pasig City and at Don Bosco Training Institute in Mandaluyong City.
An Achievement Chart was made available that served as monitoring tool to measure their performance. Session evaluation was also conducted at the end of the program.
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