TESDA to provide more trainings to IP community, far flung areas

LAGAWE, Ifugao-- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority Provincial Training Center (TESDA-PTC) Ifugao will provide trainings to the indigenous people in far-flung areas in support to the Duterte administration bid to empower and uplift the lives of those in the marginalized sectors.

"The PTC has been prioritizing the training in construction-related skills to help President Rodrigo Duterte’s 'Build Build Build program,' said Felixberto B. Matute Jr, Center Administrator of TESDA PTC-Ifugao.

Matute said that the trainings that will be provided are as follows: Carpentry NC II, Tile Setting NC II, Masonry NC 1.

“These will be provided as soon as possible and will run for two months,” he said.

He said that TESDA extends its scholarship programs and services to provide more livelihood opportunities for IPs.

"This is our way to help empower and uplift the lives of those in the marginalized sector, especially the IP community," he said.

It can be recalled that TESDA and the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) have forged a partnership to empower the IPs through skills training, among others.

Bringing closer government services to the public “With the TESDA slogan, “TESDA Abot Lahat,” we are determined to reach out to more clients and partners to improve the lives of the people we serve,” said Matute.

"Our mandate is to provide trainings even to the remote areas. This is to bring government services closer to the public," he said.

Meanwhile, PTC-Ifugao conducted a two-day outreach program and information drive at Sitio Abagong and Proper Nattum, Mayoyao, Ifugao in collaboration with the Ifugao Community Volunteers, Voluntourismo Kiangan, Mayoyao Police Station, Fumiya Sankai Yakisoba Squad Fumily and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency – Ifugao (PDEA-Ifugao).

“The outreach program does not only aim to give donations but to inform the far flung communities on the programs and services offered by TESDA," said Matute.

He added that reaching out is an effective way of informing those who can not access the programs thru social media.(PMTG) During the outreach program, 55 students received school supplies, hygiene kit, slippers and slightly used clothes. (Jennilyn G. Camilo, Pamela Mariz T. Geminiano/TESDA-CAR)