Tesda to sign MOA for PWD's training and productivity center
The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Association of Disabled Persons - Iloilo Multi-Purpose Cooperative (ADPI-MPC) will sign today (December 2) a memorandum of agreement for the establishment of a Training and Productivity Center for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs).
The agreement allows the ADPI-MP C the use of the extension workshop space of the IFMA-TESDA Training Center building with its existing amenities located inside the compound of TESDA Regional Office 6 at Zamora St. of this city for ten years and renewable as needed.
The ADPI-MPC is a primary cooperative of persons with disabilities that aims to provide livelihood opportunities to its members. One of its income-generating projects aside fr om their Canteen and Massage Center in Jaro Plaza and Micro-Finance project is a productivity center in Sta. Barbara, Iloilo.
The Productivity Center produces different assistive devices for PWDs such as prosthesis, crutches, wheelchairs and other mobility aids. It also manufactures elementary tables and chairs and secondary armchairs. The center supplies the Department of Education (DepEd) and private schools with these products.
ADPI-MPC General Manager Mario Abaygar said this generous move of TESDA is a big help to their organization since their contract with the landowner where their productivity center in Sta. Barbara is situated is about to expire. He added that what is also important is the training component that goes along with the transfer. 'What we also value is the assistance that TESDA will provide to us in the technical aspect especially on how we could improve the production of our chairs', Abaygar said.
True to its mandate, TESDA which was created under Republic Act 7796 provides effective supervision, coordination and integration of technical education and skills development programs, projects and related activities which will ensure the development and utilization of the nation manpower and contribute to the economic and social growth.
Expected to lead the signing is TESDA Director General Augusto Syjuco.
(PIA)