By Tarra Quismundo
Philippine Daily Inquirer
4:07 am | Friday, October 14th, 2011
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has
received a P1.1 billion stimulus to develop more qualified skilled
workers for the growing business process outsourcing (BPO) industry and
other promising sectors, the agency chief said Thursday.
Tesda director general Joel Villanueva said President Benigno Aquino
III announced the additional allocation this week to build the country’s
manpower for BPOs, tourism, agribusiness, construction and
semi-conductor firms.
Villanueva said the amount is on top of Tesda’s proposed P2.68 billion budget for next year.
The official said P500 million would be used “to beef up training of scholars and trainors for the BPO sector.”
“Our initial target for this is 70,000 [trainees], and out of these,
49,000 are expected to be committed to be employed in various BPO
firms,” Villanueva told the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
The remainder will be used for other emerging sectors in need of qualified employees, Villanueva said.
“The remaining P600 million will be spent for the other sectors such
as tourism, agribusiness, construction, semi-conductors industry. The
money will also be used to train more trainors to ensure quality
education of the scholars, thereby helping these industries,” said the
official.
Tesda is aiming to increase its training capacity by at least 100,000
trainees annually, hoping to graduate almost 8.5 million qualified
skilled workers by 2016. The agency targets a 60.8 percent employment
rate out of its trainees.
Originally posted at 03:34 pm | Thursday, October 13, 2011
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