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TESDA Cagayan Valley, the first to held a Short Film Festival that premiers in cinema staged awarding ceremony yesterday coincided with their Masquerade Ball held in Nueva Vizcaya.

 

The award winners are as follows:

A regional summit on Poverty Reduction, Livelihood and Employment was held last Deceber 20, 2019 at the Function Hall of the Isabela School of Arts and Trades. The summit was organized by TESDA, the head of the said cluster.

 

The speakers during the summit are from NEDA, DOLE, DA, Philippine Army and TESDA. The speakers presented the region’s situationer with respect to their work coverage. ARD Demetrio Pascua Anduyan Jr. in his message said that the real enemy is the crippling poverty in the countryside. As a result, he urged that all the agencies to collaborate to come up with relevant and responsive programs to create sustainable and developed communities.

 

As a response, te PRLEC Members signed a Pledge of Commitment too help create better communities for the people. Meanwhile, Dir. Diosdado Escalante, DDG Michael Velarde’s representative landed te said undertaking and committed the full support of TESDA Central Office in the region’s PRLEC programs and project.

Film entries in the TESDA DOS Short Film Festival debut in Northstar Mall Cinemaplex in the City of Ilagan, Isabela.

The first of its kind in history, the films featuring the success stories of TESDA Alumni were portrayed by TESDA DOS Staff themselves. The staff of TESDA Training Institutions (TTI’s) and in the Provincial Offices are the casts in the said films.

 

Prior to the cinema exhibition, a grand red carpet entrance was held with a ribbon cutting done by Dir. Diosdado Escalante of the CLGU’s and TESDA DOS’ very own TVET Ambassadress.

 

The awarding ceremonies for the filmfest winners will be held on December 23, 2019 at the Nueva Vizcaya Convention Center, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya.

More than 800 graduates on training programs on Executive Order No. 70 attend the Mass Graduation being held at the San Mariano Convention Center, San Mariano, Isabela.

The activity is an offshoot of the different training programs conducted by TESDA Isabela Provincial Office together with the Isabela School of Arts and Trades to Indigenous People and residents of the Municipalities of San Mariano and Benito Soliven in Isabela, two of the towns in Region 2 that are identified as conflict affected areas.

The activity was graced by the Poverty Reduction Livelihood and Employment Cluster (PRLEC) Coordinator for Luzon, Dir. Diosdado C. Escalante. Dir. Escalante shared that TESDA, as Chair of the PRLEC, shall continue to support the implementation of Executive Order No. 70 or the Whole of Nation Approach to End Local Communist Armed Conflict through the provision of skills training to those who are affected by the armed conflicts.

In his message addressed to the graduates, he said that he hopes that their productivity and employability will be increased and their lives will be better. According to him, this is what TESDA Abot Lahat is all about, to reach the unreached, serve the underserved and bring those in the margins into the mainstream of society.

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(cto ARD Anduyan)

Supportive to TESDA’s tagline, “TESDA Abot Lahat,” the 2019 TESDA DOS Film Festival features the life and success stories of TESDA graduates across all social sectors and how TESDA has changed their lives. Casts of films are staff and personnel from all TESDA Operating Units in the region.

TESDA DOS conducted today its First Unified PTSDCs and RTESDC Meeting at the Function Hall of Isabela School of Arts and Trades in the City of Ilagan, Isabela.

ARD Demetrio P. Anduyan, Jr. presented the accomplishment of the region while the Provincial Directors elaborated their priority programs and projects for 2020.

Four resolutions were passed by the PTESDCs and RTESDC and these are:

1. Resolution commending TESDA Region 2, its provincial offices, TTIs, TVIs and partners for the very satisfactory accomplishment for 2019.
2. Resolution creating the TTI Advisory Council.
3. Resolution establishing the NVPI and LIT as main TVET agricultural schools in the region.
4. Resolution creating the TESDA Cagayan Valley RESP Advisory Council

It is the spirit of our slogan “TESDA Abot Lahat” to serve the underserved, reach the unreached and bring to the mainstream those in the margins of society. Along this line, TESDA Operating Units conduct Outreach and Extension Programs and Projects as a response to the felt needs of the communities. TESDA is bent to empower communities, improve lives of the people and create sustainable activities for employment and entrepreneurship.

 

Today, TESDA DOS conducted its 1st Regional Extension and Outreach Congress in order to provide avenue for the presentation of completed proposed programs. Furthermore, it aims to gather feedbacks from panelists who are experts in extension and outreach.

 

Dr. Pedrita N. Merdrano, University Director for Extension and Trainings of Isabela State University. Dr. Medrano elaborated the fundamentals of conducting on extension program. While ARD Demetrio P. Anduyan, Jr. presented a sample of his extension research conducted relative to his extension project.

“ THE KEY TO SUCCESS IS TO FOCUS ON GOALS NOT ON OBSTACLES”

The quotation is true to the life story of one of the employees of Lasam Institute of Technology.

 

Before she enrolled at TESDA she had so many struggles in life. She had a lot of dreams but unfortunately her mother died when she was only 12 years old and since birth she did not meet her father. She had a very hard time sustaining her studies and she wanted to stop but because she excels in school her kind-hearted adviser/teacher took the responsibility to support her on her studies until College.

 

Just like any individual who dreams big and because of her perseverance she was able to graduate with a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Education and luckily passed the Licensure Examination for Teachers.

 

She was so eager to look for a job but with a number of schools she went and applied she was not so lucky enough to be hired until one day she met one of the recruiters of the New Peoples Army deceived her identity that she is a government employee. She told her that there is a field exposure in Cagayan Valley to teach Indigenous People(IP’s)and because she is so frustrated to find job in Manila she immediately joined her because of her eagerness to be employed.

 

Upon arriving at Cagayan Valley she was surprised because she was welcomed by armed men. She stayed in the forest for a few months but when she wanted to quit they met an encounter with the Armed Forces of the Philippines. She left all her things including her Identification Card and cellular phone which was recovered by the AFP officials. From then, she was afraid to go back home and there was no choice but stay and become a member of the NPA. She met her husband there. They were able to adjust to the life they have there but when she got pregnant they decided to surrender to the government for the future of their children.

Luckily they were given the chance to escape from the group. They stayed at the Philippine National Headquarters for several months for their protection until the time they were permitted to live as normal civilians.

 

She worked as a casual teacher in one of the private schools in Lasam and there she heard about TESDA. For a brighter future, she enrolled and gained her National Certificate II in Dressmaking. She opened her past to the Administrator of LIT and she was given the chance to take the Trainers Methodology I. After her TM I training she was hired as Job Order and she was so fortunate that she got a permanent position last April 8, 2019 here in LIT.

 

At present, she is blessed and very proud to be part of TESDA family. They are very happy living peacefully and now blessed with two kids and starting to build their own house and according to her it is all because of TESDA.

 

The title “Panibagong Bukas sa TESDA” depicts her life story.

TEDSDA in Region 2 launches today an online customer feedback form and certificate of appearance in line with its quest for efficiency towards Delivering Optimum Service to its clientele.

 

The new system advocates paperless transactions with the TESDA Operating Units; it facilitates transactions and promotes ease of monitoring and on-time feedbacking.

TESDA DOS SHORT FILM FESTIVAL Featured Film of the Day REGIONAL TRAINING CENTER

 

TESDA-RTC Tuguegarao Short Film “ Ginto sa Grasa” features the success story of Reymond E. Ignacio.
Bullied by friends and neighbors, Reymond E. Ignacio, a high school graduate, pursued his dreams of becoming his own boss.

 

Born and raised by his father who is a bus driver and mother who is a housewife, Reymond is not naive to the harsh clutches of life and poverty. However, he believed that these are challenges to push him further until he succeeded.

 

Now twenty-six years old, he fondly mused that even when he was still a kid, motorcycles and cars have always fascinated him so much that he decided to study automotive servicing NC II after finishing high school.

 

His life took a sharp swerve when his parents decided not to send him to college. Despite the disappointment, he worked as a helper technician in his uncle’s automotive shop to earn for a living. Eager to learn more, he studied Automotive Servicing NC II at TESDA-Regional Training Center 02.

Excelling in his field, Reymond was chosen to join the Provincial and Regional Skills Competition in 2011, in which he bagged gold medals. Moving up, he participated at the Philippine National Skills Competition, where he became the champion and the National Awardee during the National Search for TESDA Idol 2015.

 

With the awards and recognition, he became a well-reputed technician in his community. Using the prizes he won, he was able to put up his own automotive repair shop which caters Automotive Servicing graduates and/ oJTs at Roma Sur, Enrile, Cagayan. His work speaks for itself that makes his customers keep coming back. True enough, his shop has helped his family in many ways such as providing household needs as well as in assisting his parents in sending his siblings to school. He also gave a land to the church and bought some properties (trucks, house and lot) for his family.

 

His ceaseless faith in God has given him the prestigious rewards to reach for his dreams no matter how dirty his hands are in working just to earn for a living.

 

Indeed, more than education, TESDA is giving an opportunity to each graduates to experience how their life would be transformed with their programs. He learned that some things can’t be achieved instantly, but there are many ways to get to your goal.