250 TVET completers in Sulu receive starter tool kits and NC-II

By: Becky D. de Asis

Jolo, Sulu – Almost  250 beneficiaries  has been successfully completed their chosen courses last September 27, 2018 under the Technical and Vocational  Education Training (TVET)  program of TESDA in Notre Dame, Walled City of Jolo just earlier.

The beneficiaries rendered different courses like;  cookery, Food and Beverage, Bread and Pastry, Photovoltaic System Installation and Dressmaking .

The 250 graduates who received their different starter tool kits in order to start their livelihood activities or businesses and to boost  income for  their families.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) Rahima D. Alba, project coordinator said, “this is the start of everyone’s dreams,  a successful parents or individuals by making their own businesses  or jobs in order to uplift their living conditions by using their knowledge in completing their chosen courses”, Alba said. 

"I am proud to give an opportunities and knowledge  especially  those in fragile communities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao", Alba added.

While  Project Manager of Pamana Sulu and  Sulu College of Technology Administrator  Eufremio N. Canaria also said. “I am proud that Sulu is one of beneficiaries of IOM,OPAPP  who handle this projects for our constituents here in our province”, he said.

"It is a big opportunity that we  successfully handled this big opportunity  for our constituents and helped them to boosts their living conditions and open more opportunities”,  Canaria added.

OPAPP Under Secretary Ronald I. Flores also said that their Office is ready to helped people and to open more opportunities through our programs and projects conducted around the country most especially  in those war affected areas like Sulu and the whole region of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao", he said.

The OPAPP and the IOM partnership giving away more opportunities and employment through their programs and projects and different training's  and seminars.

In Sulu, there were 508 completers coming from the municipalities of Jolo, Indanan, Maimbung, Panamao, Patikul, Talipao and Panglima Estino  has been completed their trainings at College of Technology , Inc., and have 588 out of the 598 (or 98%) of the completers have passed the competency Assessment  for the TESDA National Certificate, Level-II for the first batch who graduated just earlier. (By: Becky D. de Asis-The Redline News)