Cash-for-Training for 342 skilled graduates in Zambales, Olongapo

Iba, Zambales. Exactly 342 beneficiaries of the Cash-for-Training Project (C4TP)—a scholarship convergence program of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) commenced in this province on June 13 at the provincial gym.

In a speech, TESDA Provincial Director, Elizabeth Manio says that C4TP beneficiaries who were screened by DSWD all over the province including Olongapo went through their programs in the provincial office and in their accredited training providers. Manio said that programs leading to National Certification II (NCII) such as Bartending, Welding, Computer Hardware Servicing, Electronics Servicing, Housekeeping, Commercial Cooking and other crash courses, are seen as a sustainable intervention in empowering youth for gainful employment and entrepreneurial opportunities.

“With this program, we are able to respond to government’s thrust to improve the plight of our youth by assisting them to gain skills and finally be employed.” Manio said. She added that together with DSWD, a total of 7 million pesos was allotted for this program (20 thousand per student with allowance and tool-kit).

Stressing the intervention, graduates’ guest speaker Vice Governor Ramon G. Lacbain II who also serves as the Provincial Manager of Public Employment Service Office says that in time with C4TP the province also plots its sustainable implementation by assuring that graduates will be assisted in applying for jobs or for creating jobs through business.“We will be more than happy to see our skilled graduates finally secured their future through employment and business.

Our PESO has always been a partner of TESDA and DSWD in guiding our youth through jobs-bridging activities to facilitate their employment …” says Vice Gov. Lacbain.