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The local government of Bulan, Sorsogon hosted the regular meeting of the Association of Sorsogon CTECs on July 20, 2007.
The association discussed details of their planned industry tour to Subic, training reports for July, plan for identifying competencies that must be possessed by Sorsogon CTECs and other matters including PGMA-TWSP and status of establishment of Municipal TESD Committees in localities that do not yet have one.
The Association and TESDA Sorsogon Provincial Office appreciates much the warm welcome and hospitality of Bulan Mayor Hon. Helen Cheng de Castro, Ms. Anilin Diaz, Bulan's CTEC; and all other officials and personnel of the municipality. We also appreciate Mayor de Castro's presence and inputs during the meeting.
To provide a guide for the TESDA Provincial Office in determining what capability build-up inputs to embed during regular meetings for the rest of 2007 and 2008, the Association of Sorsogon CTECs are planning to identify specific competencies that must be possessed by every Sorsogon CTEC.
This is what was agreed upon during the Association's regular meeting held in Bulan Sangguniang Bayan Session Hall on July 20, 2007.
The bases for the competencies will include the list of CTEC qualifications identified during the Bicol CTEC Congress held in 2003, the actual tasks performed by CTECs as training managers and action officers of their Municipal TESD Committees and the targets set under their respective Municipal Skills Priorities and the Provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Plan 2005-2009.
Because the CTECs are also preparing for their industry tour to Subic tentatively scheduled on August 8-14, 2007, the identification of competencies will be made right after the tour.
Aside from planning to identify CTEC competencies, the Association also discussed details of the industry tour, PGMA-TWSP, the training outputs and reports during the meeting.
Bulan Mayor Helen Cheng de Castro, who sat down during the meeting, noted that the PGMA-TWSP is a very useful program that can help low-income and unemployed adults in all LGUs improve their income.
She suggested to CTECs that mayors of their host LGU in their coming meetings also sit down with them so as to know more firsthand about how their local governments can also take advantage of TESDA programs.
The Provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Committee (PTESDC) of Sorsogon assessed the performance of the technical-vocational education and training (TVET) sector for the First Semester of 2007 during its second quarter regular meeting held on June 27, 2007 at Mango Grill Restaurant, Sorsogon City.
Among the areas looked into were massive training, competency assessment and certification, ladderized education program and course registration and re-registration.
According to the report of the TESDA Sorsogon Provincial Office, 4,633 persons were enrolled while 4,076 graduated in all modes of TVET delivery as of June 2007. These figures include those enrolled and graduates in regular school-based programs (661 enrolled, 264 graduates), extension (37 enrolled, 37 graduates), short-term courses (37 enrolled, 37 graduates), community-based training programs (3898 enrolled, 3,738 graduates), and dualized training programs. Those enrolled and graduates in dualized training programs (256 enrolled, 140 graduates) were students of regular programs of the two TESDA training institutions, Bulusan National Vocational Technical School and Sorsogon National Agricultural School.
Meanwhile, 1,044 were assessed and 544 were certified. This makes certification rate of 52 percent for the Province.
Twenty-four program registration applications were acted upon and 45 courses were migrated to the new training regulations during the period.
Engr. Roan P. Espinas, Vocational School Administrator of Bulusan National Vocational Technical School, and Ms. Anita B. de Guzman, Vocational School Administrator of Sorsogon National Agricultural School, likewise presented their institutions' accomplishments during the period.
The local government of Bulan, Sorsogon hosted the regular meeting of the Association of Sorsogon CTECs on July 20, 2007.
