TESDA V Meets with Congress Bicol Bloc on I-CARE

To present specific programs and activities under the I-CARE program, the Provincial Directors of Region V or their representatives and the Acting Regional Director Fortunato Bosangit met with the Bicol Bloc congressmen yesterday afternoon (June 7, 2005) at Ramon Mitra Hall in Congress. The Bicol Bloc moved that the PESFA/ADB scholarship program for Region V be expanded to cover greater number of poor but deserving students. They also moved for the inclusion of non-formal trainings in an scholarship program, the fast-tracking of ladderization and interfacing between TVET and higher education, and the institutionalization of referral, placement and enterprise development components in TVET courses.

PD Santos was represented by Miss Beth Bornas during the meeting.

TESDA-Sorsogon would like to extend its thanks to Cong. Solis (2nd District, Sorsogon) for supporting our proposal by sharing the concerns of the TVET sector with the other members of the Bicol Bloc during the meeting. It was he who first moved for the expansion of PESFA/ADB scholarship program.