TESDA sets up OFW desks in Regional and Provincial offices
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29 July 2020
TAGUIG CITY – All Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) regional and provincial offices in the country are now establishing their own Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) desks as directed by Secretary Isidro Lapeña following the State of the Nation Address (SONA) of President Rodrigo Duterte.
In his SONA on Monday, Duterte asked TESDA to come up with special training programs to retool OFWs to easily find employment opportunities here in the country.
Apart from OFW desks, Lapeña also directed all TESDA offices to designate OFW focal persons who will prioritize all the concerns of the OFWs by providing information about the TESDA’s programs and services and making sure that they will be included in TESDA scholarship programs. TESDA OFW focals shall also coordinate with OFW groups to immediately address their issues and concerns.
TESDA shall also tap skilled OFWs who are willing to assist TESDA with its training programs.
The TESDA chief added that the designated OFW focal persons should coordinate with the provincial government.
“Our local government units will continue to be our close partners in this initiative. We need their help in designing training programs for our OFWs that are suitable for the local industry,” Lapeña explained.
As part of its banner program during this pandemic dubbed as “TESDA Abot Lahat: TVET Towards the New Normal”, the agency continues to prioritize the overseas workers through “TESDA Abot Lahat ang OFWs” which deployed OFW Malasakit Desks in every international airport in the country.
TESDA has provided special and accessible registration for returning OFWs applying for scholarships through the TESDA mobile app. OFWs were also invited to take online courses on the TESDA Online Program (TOP) for their reskilling or upskilling needs.
As of July 12, 2020, there are already 56,417 OFWs including their relatives who have registered for the TOP.
The number rose after Lapeña personally taught the OFWs how to register to TOP through the TESDA mobile app during his online consultation with them last May.
TESDA has also started developing full TVET online courses such as Aquaponics for Urban Agriculture, Organic Agriculture, and courses under construction trades such as Electrical Installation and Maintenance, and Plumbing which can be useful for displaced OFWS who will need more options for skills training as they reintegrate into the Philippine economy.
“As instructed by the President, we will make sure that we will be able to retool our OFWs, for employment or livelihood as they rebuild their lives again here in the country,” Lapeña added.
Courtesy: https://www.tesda.gov.ph/News/
