TESDA infuses P65M training fund for IT-BPO industry

April 13, 2015

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MANILA, April 13 -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) beefed up its support to the Information Technology-Business Process
Management (IT-BPM) with the infusion of fresh funding for the training of its
potential workers.

In a statement, TESDA said it will channel P65 million worth of scholarship vouchers
for the pre-employment training and retooling of incoming workers in the industry,
according to separate Memorandum of Agreements (MOAs) recently signed by
TESDA Director General Joel Villanueva with the Healthcare Information
Management Association of the Philippines (HIMOAP) and Animation Council of the
Philippines (ACPI).

The training will be carried out through TESDA's Training for Work Scholarship
Program (TWSP).

"Prospects for continued growth are bright for the IT-BPO industry, and we should be
able to capitalize on this opportunity," Villanueva said.

"We will continue to provide quality education and training to have a pool of skilled
and employable youth for these firms," he said.

The separate MOAs stated that HIMOAP get P50 million worth of scholarship
vouchers, while ACPI will get P15 million.

The training will complement the excellent infrastructure and support that the
government continues to provide, which make the Philippines the top destination for
IT-BPM firms, Villanueva said.

The agreement with HIMOAP will focus on training for Medical Transcription Finishing
Course NC II, Medical Transcription NC II and Medical Coding and Billing NC II.

Beneficiaries under the MOA with ACPI will be trained to get employed in the
animation industry.

According to the agreements, the partners committed an employment rate of at

least 75 percent within six months from the scholar's graduation.

HIMOAP also pledged to formulate a fund replenishment scheme to extend the

mileage of the scholarship program.

Signing the separate agreements were Villanueva for TESDA, Myla Rose Reyes for
HIMOAP and Juan Miguel del Rosario for ACPI.

HIMOAP is a non-stock and non-profit organization which aims to promote the

Philippines as a destination of choice for outsourced healthcare information
management services (HIMS).

ACPI is an organization recognized and supported by the Philippine government

whose aim is to promote the animation industry globally with the intention of
creating an identity for the Philippines to be considered amongst the preferred
countries that service the animation industry.

The MOAs are for the continuous partnership among TESDA and the two
organizations for the training of workers in the IT-BPM industry.(TESDA)

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Gov't., private sector join celebration of Women's Month in Albay

March 11, 2015

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LEGAZPI CITY, Mar. 10 (PIA) Government official and employees, along with the
various sectors of the community, in the province of Albay join this years
celebration of the Womens Month and International Womens Day paying tribute to
all women leaders led and continue to advance womens advocacies.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) Bicol regional office,
along with the Regional Inter-agency Against Trafficking and Violence Against
Women and Children (RIACAT-VAWC), recently held convergence activities for the
community to pursue womens equal rights and welfare evolving on the theme
Juana desisyon ma ay mahalaga sa kinabukasan ng bawat isa, Ikaw na!.

DSWD Bicol also led a foot parade along the citys main thoroughfares and zumba
regimen at the Bicol University grounds participated in by regional, provincial offices
of national government agencies, provincial government of Albay, city government
here, police and military personnel, and civic society among others.

Resource person from the RIACAT VAWC also conducted series of radio and
television program guestings guesting, while the same led a multi-services caravan
for indigenous community in Iriga City.

DSWD Bicol regional director Arnel Garcia said this years celebration aims to pay
tribute to all women and their key roles and accomplishments in leadership, power
and decision-making.

The celebration, according to him, highlighted which in order to influence and break
the conservative mindset and belief that politics and leadership are not for women.

This months celebration is also a perfect time to drum up the call for Juanas to
run in public office that showcases strategies and best practices women have
employed to become successful women leaders.

The celebration of Womens Month communes with Proclamation no. 227 series of
1988 which provides for the observance of the month in March recognizing womens
role in history and Republic Act 6949 series of 1990 declaring March 8 of every year
as National Womens Day. (MAL-PIA5/Albay)

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