TESDA naglaan ng 3,000 scholarship slots sa MILF, MNLF
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Public Information Unit
TESDA
June 10, 2018
TESDA naglaan ng 3,000 scholarship slots sa MILF, MNLF
Naglaan ang Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ng 3,000 scholarship slots sa grupong Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) at Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) para sa libreng pagsasanay.
Ayon kay TESDA Director General Aguiling “Gene” A. Mamondiong, pangunahing layunin nito ay matutulungan ang mga miyembro ng MILF at MNLF na maiangat ang kanilang pamumuhay sa pamamagitan ng pagkakaloob ng mga libreng kasanayan at assessment upang mabigyan sila ng trabaho, pangkabuhayan at gawin silang aktibong lumahok sa iba’t ibang development programs ng gobyerno.
“The target beneficiaries are the MNLF and MILF in ARMM communities to empower and uplift their lives along with others belonging in the marginalized sectors through employment and livelihood opportunities,” ani Mamondiong.
Ang mga target beneficiaries ay 1,000 MILF at MNLF mula sa Lanao del Sur; 1,000 sa Maguindanao at 1,000 para sa Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi at Zamboanga.
Samantala, ang programang ito ay iniaalok din sa pulahang grupo na Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
“Itong programa ay ibinibigay natin sa mga kapatid natin na kasama sa CPP-NPA armed combatant,” anang Mamondiong.
Ang mga matatanggap na scholars ay sasanayin sa iba’t ibang sektor ng Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, Tourism, Metals and Engineering, Heating, Ventilations, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Semi-conductor, Electronics, Furnitures and Fixtures, Garment and Textile, Health, Social at iba pang community development services.
Sinabi ni Mamondiong na ang mga scholar ay pagkakalooban ng libreng skills training; libreng assessment at training support fund.
Ang mga beneficiaries ay sasanayin sa ilalim ng Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) na hindi lalagpas sa loob ng 40 araw.
Kaugnay nito, nanawagan si Mamondiong sa mga miyembro ng MNLF at MILF na samantalahin ang pagkakataon at magtungo na sa mga TESDA Offices sa Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga at Basilan upang magpatala para sa libreng pagsasanay na inaalok ng ahensya. (END)
News Release
Public Information Unit
TESDA
June 10, 2018
TESDA to give 3,000 scholarships slots to MILF, MNLF
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will allot 3,000 scholarship slots to members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), making these eligible to avail of free skills training programs.
TESDA Director General Guiling “Gene” A. Mamondiong said that the free skills training will help the members of the MILF and the MNLF improve their lives by opening up jobs and livelihood opportunities to them and by giving them the chance to participate in the development programs of the government.
“The target beneficiaries are the MNLF and MILF in ARMM communities to empower and uplift their lives along with others belonging in the marginalized sectors through employment and livelihood opportunities,” said Mamondiong.
The target beneficiaries include 1,000 MILF and MNLF members from Lanao del Sur, 1,000 from Maguindanao, and another 1,000 from Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi and Zamboanga.
TESDA is extending similar privileges to the members of the Communist Party of the Philippines-New People’s Army (CPP-NPA).
Mamondiong added, “This program is also being offered to our brothers and sisters who are CPP-NPA armed combatants.”
The scholars will be trained in skills in various sectors such as Agriculture, Automotive, Construction, Tourism, Metals and Engineering, Heating, Ventilations, Air-conditioning and Refrigeration, Semi-conductor, Electronics, Furnitures and Fixtures, Garment and Textile, Health, Social and other community development services.
The training programs will have durations of not more than 40 days and will be done under TESDA’s Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP).
Aside from free training, Mamondiong said that the scholarship beneficiaries will also be given free assessment and receive a training support fund.
The TESDA chief has called on the members of the MNLF and the MILF to visit any TESDA office in Lanao del Sur, Maguindanao, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Zamboanga and Basilan for enlistment of free training.
