SOCCSKSARGEN ranks 3rd in employment of TVET graduates KORONADAL CITY, South Cotabato, July 4 (PIA) -- About 8 of every 10 graduates of technical vocational education and training (TVET) programs in SOCCSKSARGEN Region got employed, according to the latest of the Impact Evaluation Study (IES) of TESDA. Results of the 2013 IES survey of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority indicated that the placement rate of TVET graduates in SOCCSKSARGEN Region reached 76.1%, making the region third among the regions with highest employment success. The figure exceeds the national TVET employment rate of 65.3%. Region 6 (Western Visayas) and Region 2 (Cagayan Valley) were the best performers with ratings of 82.2% and 78.4%, respectively. Survey in SOCCSKSARGEN Region covered a total of 35,367 TVET graduates in 2010 and 2012 with a sample size of 1,175. The 2013 IES adopted stratified random sampling, with the regions as the identified strata and a systematic random sampling was applied in the selection of sample respondents per stratum. The survey was done through personal interview of the sampled graduates or key informants using a structured questionnaire. SOCCSKSARGEN or Region 12 consists of the provinces of South Cotabato, North Cotabato, Sutan Kudarat and Sarangani as well as the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan, and Cotabato. Meanwhile, TESDA 12 Regional Director Zeus Ampuyas expressed thanks and appreciation to the technical vocational institutions in the region for their effort in facilitating the employment of their graduates in 2010 and 2012. Most of these graduates were recipients of the scholarship programs of TESDA, namely: Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) and Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA). TESDA ultimately measures TVET performance by the absorption of its graduates into decent work. Thus, it embodied in the implementing guidelines of the TWSP for the technical vocational institutions (TVIs) to work for the job placement of at least 60% of their graduates under said scholarship program within six months after graduation. IES is an annual undertaking of TESDA and aims to evaluate the relevance and effectiveness of TVET programs. It intends to generate data and information on the employability and employment-related indicators. (DEDoguiles-PIA 12 with report from RMPalencia-TESDA 12) - See more at: news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1611404435375#sthash.3KFrgTWG.dpuf
Posted on: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 02:35:00 +0000
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