(Photo/ TESDA)
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Monday, Jan. 23, turned over 10 mobile laboratories (MTL) and 16 service vehicles in its regional and provincial offices.
TESDA Director General Danilo Cruz said the operating units aim to reach out and deliver more effective and quality services in far flung areas in the country.
Cruz noted that the target of MTLs is to aid the TESDA program especially in remote areas with high poverty incidence.
Many people want to enroll in technical vocational courses but are unable to do so due to the distance between their homes, according to Cruz.
“Hindi na nila kailangan pumunta pa sa mga established training center ng TESDA at private sector. ‘Yung mobile ay pupunta na sa kanilang lugar para doon iconduct ang onsite training ng ating mga kababayan,” Cruz said.
The new MTLs, worth P79 million, will offer courses such as carpentry, plumbing, and food processing.
“Ang pagde-deploy ng mga sasakyang ito ay madadagdagan ng lima hanggang anim na libong trainees tauon-taon,” he added. With a report from Denevin Macaranas/Katrina Gracia Consebido – gbÂ