MEDIA RELEASE ========== Tue., Aug. 20, 2013 750 Surigao del Sur youths complete Cash for Training Program By Robert E. Roperos BUTUAN CITY, Aug. 20 – A total of 750 Cash for Training Program (C4TP) beneficiaries in two districts of Surigao del Sur have received their Certificates of Training Completion on August 15, 2013. This, after series of culmination activities conducted in Surigao del Norte and Agusan del Norte last month. The beneficiaries were conferred graduates by Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Provincial Director Rey Cueva in separate ceremonies. In the province’s first district, 302 beneficiaries received their certificates at the Covered Court of Bislig City Hall in the morning while 448 were conferred graduates in the afternoon in a ceremony held at the Provincial Social Hall in Tandag City. In his Welcome Message, Bislig City Mayor Librado Navarro emphasized that the program is a bold move of the government to make the people more responsible and ready to face challenges so that they can contribute to whatever means for the community’s development. Mayor Librado also informed the C4TP graduates that the privilege which the government has given them must be taken cared of. He added this investment must be returned through responsible actions so that economic development of the community will be achieved. “Kini nga lakang sa atong panggamhanan usa ka maisognon nga paagi aron mapaabot ngadto sa katawhan ang tukmang serbisyo pinaagi sa pag pang-apud-apud og libreng edukasyon ngadto sa atong mga kabataan” (This bold move of the government is a way of delivering services to the people through free education to the youths), Librado said. Meanwhile, TESDA-Caraga Regional Director Florencio Sunico Jr. said the government is investing for the future of the Filipino youths through the C4TP. He added this is one of the effective tools to battle poverty. The official also said the trainings offered by TESDA are aligned to the poverty alleviation program of the national government. The TESDA chief of the region also reminded the graduates to make use of the skills they have acquired during their trainings since this will help them transform their lives. With the skills trainings provided by TESDA and DSWD through the C4TP, Dir. Sunico said he is confident that graduates in this program can easily look for jobs whether in the local or in the international fields. He also said thru the support of government agencies and LGUs, the graduates will succeed in their chosen skills/careers. “Through the skills trainings provided by TESDA and DSWD through this program, I am confident that you can easily look for jobs – it may be in the local or international fields… Through the support of government agencies and the local government units, you will succeed in your chosen skills/careers,” Sunico said, addressing to the graduates. Moreover, DSWD-Caraga Administrative and Development Support Chief Mary Ann Manla encouraged the C4TP graduates in Bislig City to excel in their chosen skills. She pointed out that the skills acquired by the graduates must be added with proper values to ensure success. “To ensure that you will succeed in all your endeavors, you must also put in your mind the need to have proper values aside from the skills that you have now acquired,” Manla said. In his impression to the C4TP, James Escaret, from Saint Vincent de Paul College in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur said the program is a big help in fulfilling the dreams and aspirations of the Filipino people especially the youths. He likewise acknowledged the DSWD, TESDA and LGUs for the rare opportunity given to him, which he believed will transform his life, as well as his family. “I am very much fortunate to have been chosen as among the recipients of this scholarship program of DSWD and TESDA. This is a big help for me and my family as fulfilling my dreams and aspirations is now within my reach,” Escaret said. Also, Catherine Buctuanon, a graduate in the Commercial Cooking/Foods and Beverages Services (FBS) from Andres Soriano College in Bislig City emphasized that the training she acquired in the program has prepared her to face challenges. She added if ever given the chance to establish her own business, she is optimistic that she will succeed because she is already equipped with knowledge, skills and right attitude. “Thanks to TESDA and DSWD… I am now prepared to face challenges… If I will be given a chance to establish my own business, I am pretty sure that I will succeed because I am already equipped with knowledge, skills and right attitude… Thanks again to C4TP,” Buctuanon said. Another recipient, Denzel Placer of John Bosco College in Bislig City said the Certificate of Training Completion she received in the Housekeeping as well as the knowledge and skills she acquired during the training will serve as her passport to acquire job in the domestic and international scene. She also expressed her gratefulness to the national government thru TESDA and DSWD for coming up with this program. “This training certificate that I am holding now as well as the knowledge and skills I acquired during my training will be my passport to acquire job whether in the domestic or international scene. For this, I am grateful to the national government through TESDA and DSWD,” Placer said. The two culmination programs in Surigao del Sur are another successful undertakings of TESDA through Sec. Joel Villanueva and the DSWD through Sec. Corazon “Dinky” Soliman in its quest to serve the Filipino people by providing free technical-vocational education. (RER, TESDA-Caraga)
Posted on: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 09:32:29 +0000
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