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TESDA reveals improvements to online training program

    Technical Education and Skills Development Authority has formally launched an improved version of its popular TESDA Online Program (TOP) to the public on January 8 during the Flag Raising Ceremony held at TESDA Central Office in Taguig City.   This was made possible after TESDA, in collaboration with the Department of Information and Communication Technology, successfully completed the migration of its TOP servers under the latter's Amazon Web Services Cloud.   TESDA Secretary Suharto Mangudadatu led the said activity joined by DDG Rosanna Urdaneta, DDG Aniceto Bertiz III, DDG Vidal Villanueva, DICT Director Joshua Querol, and AWS Public Sector Representative Mr. Paolo Balinas, along with AWS Solutions Architect Mr. Viril Calimim.   The TESDA chief cited that the initiative aims to increase the platform's productivity, and improve learning experiences of online learners.   "Through this partnership, we have ensured the sustainability of the TOP in serving millions of o

TESDA backs Kalinisan project

  The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) expressed its support for the newly launched Kalinga at Inisyatiba para sa Malinis na Bayan or KALINISAN project of the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG).   In a statement, Secretary Mangudadatu encouraged TESDA employees to be  active contributors in supporting the KALINISAN project .   "TESDA is one with the DILG and other national government agencies in promoting environment preservation. I encourage every TESDAn to support and participate in this project. Further, we laud the DILG's initiative to  raise public awareness and participation in environmental responsibilities and proper waste management through t he KALINISAN project," the Secretary emphasized.   Launched on January 6, the KALINISAN project is a new convergence effort from the DILG that aims to uphold the spirit of Bayanihan while facilitating community engagement and maintaining a safe and healthy environment.   TESDA

TESDA conducts forum for TVET industry boards

  Revitalizing partnerships with industries for strengthened tech-voc training, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) gathered representatives of Industry TVET Boards (ITBs) and encouraged their participation in governing the tech-voc sector.   Last December 15, TESDA, through its Partnerships and Linkages Office (PLO), conducted the 2023 National Industry Board TVET Forum at the Tandang Sora Hall, TESDA Women's Center (TWC) in Taguig City.   The forum aims to impart knowledge and understanding of the TESDA programs and processes to the participants to ensure the delivery and implementation of the commitments laid down in the agreements between TESDA and the ITBs.   TESDA Secretary Suharto Mangudadatu emphasized that TESDA continuously initiates programs and activities that would encourage wider industry participation toward the development of a globally competitive Filipino workforce.   "We must encourage more private industry participation in the i

Young storytellers promote sustainnovation thru documentary films

  People of all ages have the power to join all sorts of movements that aim to forward sustainable actions and challenge existing works that go against sustainability. But the youth of today seem to understand better than anyone the urgent need to advocate for it, and, more importantly, to act towards it.    This is what the Filipino youth have proven as many of them joined the 7th Indie-Siyensya Filmmaking Competition, courtesy of the Department of Science and Technology-Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI).    Anchored on the theme,  "Sustainnovation: Harnessing Science and Technology towards a Greener Community,"  this year's Indie-Siyensya Filmmaking Competition sought to gather stories that champion green technologies and their impact on biodiversity - highlighting the value of three vital concepts: innovation, entrepreneurship, and sustainability.    Guided by this theme, the documentary film entries captured diverse sustainnovation stories of Filipino businesses,

TESDA assures strengthened TVET, bares 2023 accomplishments

  Expect even higher quality and more relevant technical vocational education and training for 2024 as the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) continues to improve and strengthen its programs and services.   In June 2023, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. appointed former local government executive and legislator Suharto T. Mangudadatu as the Agency's 14 th  Director General. Following this, the Agency launched its new guiding principle, "Sa TESDA, Lingap Ay Maaasahan", to demonstrate TESDA's stronger advocacy to provide Filipinos with better access to quality-assured and globally competitive technical vocational education and training (TVET) aligned with the administration's brand of governance and leadership, "Bagong Pilipinas".   "TESDA shall expand the role of TVET at all fronts and be a catalyst for creating jobs and community enterprises and empowering individuals and improving their quality of life," promised Secre

DOST-SEI honors a record-feat of 2,114 young Filipino STEM champs

    The number of   medals  that the Philippines  had  won  from  various  international science, technology, engineering, and mathematics  (STEM)  competition s  has once again skyrocketed  this  2023, setting  a  new  mark  in  the country's   history  of Youth Excellence in Science (YES) Awards .     A total of  2 , 11 4  young Filipino geniuses from various regions in the country were conferred the  a ward – surpassing the  previous  mark of  1,802  awardees recorded in  2022 , having  an impressive increment of  17.3 1 %  from  the latter  year's already historic number .       This is the first time in the recognition program's history that the number of YES awardees reached over 2000.     When the Department of Science and Technology – Science Education Institute (DOST-SEI)   first started recognizing the victories of  young Filipino  students who engaged and bagged  medals  in various international science and math competitions, there were only less than 100 awar