LGU-Bulan Hosts CTEC July Meeting

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.

ASCTECs to Identify CTEC Competencies as Input to TESDA Capability Build-Up

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.