Pres. Gloria Scholarship benefits 5,136 Capiceños
ROXAS CITY – A total of 5,136 scholars have benefited from President Gloria Scholarship (PGS) program in the last three years.
The various qualifications availed of by the scholars under the program include Commercial Cooking, Bartending, Food and Beverage Services, Housekeeping, Household Services, Computer Hardware Servicing, Consumer Electronics Servicing and Shielded Metal Arc Welding, among others.
“Some of the graduates are already employed, reaping the fruit of success,” said a Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) Capiz Provincial Office news release.
However, TESDA is offering “Jobs Bridging” for those graduate scholars who are still unemployed.
Jobs bridging is an assistance given to scholars to find employment thru referral to or matching with local and foreign employers/companies looking for skilled workers.
Starting this August, Tekbok Training providers will be asked to set up “Blue Desks” in their training institutions to provide job referral/job matching services and other forms of assistance, noted the TESDA press release.
The Local Government Units (LGUs) will also be requested to set up their own “Blue Desks” to be manned by their respective Public Employment Service Office (PESO) and/or their Community Training and Employment Coordinators (CTEC).
The PGS that was previously named PGMA – Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) has already distributed 809,000 scholarships nationwide. This is an offshoot of the pro-active Jobs-Skills Matching Process of TESDA which provides free training, training support fund as well as competency assessment.
The program is in support to President Gloria Macapagal–Arroyo’s call for the government’s economic resiliency program to enhance job creation and preservation. (TESDA-Capiz/Julie Baraquia/PIA)