2015 NATCAC launched in Caraga
By Robert E. Roperos
BUTUAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) – Caraganons as well as
people from the neighboring provinces of the region can now avail free
assessment and certification thru the 2015 National TVET Competency and
Accreditation Certification (NATCAC) program which was launched recently at the
Activity Center of Robinsons Place-Butuan.
Dr. Florencio F. Sunico Jr., TESDA Caraga regional
director underscored the benefits that people can get from the program. He said
since this is offered free of charge, interested individuals need not to worry
about the assessment fee. “All they have to do is to see to it that they will
successfully pass the assessment,” Sunico said.
The program, which aimed to promote assessment and
certification program at the company/enterprise level, is offered for free at
the regional and provincial levels funded by the Training for Work Scholarship
Program (TWSP).
It also expands clients’ access to assessment and
certification program as well as to enhance the competitiveness, employability
and productivity of workers, and upgrade the qualification of existing works,
trainers and assessors to a higher level of qualification.
Workers, industry practitioners, professional,
career shifters who want to undergo competency assessment, trainers of private
and public Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs), DepEd Grades 9 and 10
Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) teachers, Public Utility Vehicle
(PUV) drivers, returning Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs)/Filipino Expatriates
with relevant experience who want to undergo competency assessment and industry
practitioners who are prospective competency assessors.
Interested applicants must submit a duly
accomplished form, self-assessment guide, three 2 x 2 passport size pictures in
white background with name written at the back. Said requirements must be
submitted to the identified accredited assessment centers or the nearest TESDA
Provincial Offices.
The schedule and venue for the national assessment
per qualification will be determined by the regional and provincial offices.
For the first batch will be held this month; second batch is on August, and the
last batch is on November.
For the detailed schedule, please call TESDA
Provincial Offices in Caraga Region. TESDA-Agusan del Norte can be contacted
thru (085) 342-0085; TESDA-Agusan del Sur (085) 343-7278; TESDA-Surigao del
Norte (086) 826-2591; TESDA-Surigao del Sur (086) 211-3957; and TESDA-Dinagat
Islands at 0919350-6106. (TESDA-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
PopCom capacitates OSY to resolve own concerns
BUTUAN CITY, May 29 (PIA) - The Commission on
Population (PopCom) - Caraga in partnership with Mindanao Health conducted a
three-day Adolescent Youth Peer Facilitators’ Training held recently, at this
city.
Out-of-school-youth (OSY) coming from cities of
Butuan and Cabadbaran were trained on how to properly and effectively
facilitate their peers, and OSY in the city participated in an interactive
discussion on youth issues and concerns through a forum known as 'Usapang
Barkadahan,' which was facilitated by the trained youth themselves.
Said training capacitated the young peer
facilitators; developed their skills and capabilities in managing and
influencing peers to adopt positive behaviour on responsible practice of
sexuality and sexual health. Through this training, the adolescents were also
empowered and enhanced their critical thinking and actualized their full
potential.
PopCom Caraga regional director Alexander A.
Makinano said that the Filipino youth of today are confronted with numerous
threats and complex problems, which serve as barriers in their journey towards
responsible adulthood and productive individuals. “This activity is very
significant because it helped strengthen their practical life skills such as
effective decision-making, making responsible choices, and life goal planning,”
added Makinano.
The PopCom official also disclosed that there will
be a 'Usapang Barkadahan' roll-out at selected barangays in the city to
capacitate other youth to surface and resolve issues and concerns affecting
them. (PopCom-Caraga/PIA-Caraga)
NIA reveals status of irrigation development in
SurSur
By Greg Tataro Jr.
TANDAG CITY, Surigao del Sur, May 29 (PIA) – The
Provincial Irrigation Management Office (PIMO) of the National Irrigation
Administration (NIA) in Surigao del Sur has revealed the status of irrigation
development province-wide as of May 15, 2015.
Engr. Salome Layasan, PIMO division manager,
indicated that figures have remained on the rise in the status report for
CY-2012, QRF, CY-2013, and CY-2014 irrigation projects costing up to a total of
P1,227,037,362,52.
These are broken down as follows: For
CY-2014—P184,854,000;
CY-2013—P337,640,000, and; CY-2012—P704,543,362.52. Correspondingly, physical and financial
accomplishments have been posted at 66.39 percent and 53.13 percent; 91.25
percent and 65.16 percent, and; 77.43 percent and 67.44 percent, respectively.
Also, Quick Response Fund (QRF) due to Typhoon
Pablo damages, which carries a total cost of P53,651,000.00, physical and
financial accomplishments have been reported at 100 percent and 78.62 percent,
respectively.
Other CY-2012 irrigation projects such as Project
Needing Clearance and Variance Projects, physical and financial accomplishments
were placed at 100 percent and 97.93 percent as well as 48.53 percent and 38.45
percent, respectively.
The costs of Project Needing Clearance and
Variance Projects amounted to P23,038,000 and P41,911,132.81, respectively, or
a total of P64,949,132.81.
PIMO is servicing some 15,957 out of 26,778
hectares of the potential irrigable area over Surigao del Sur or equivalent to
59.589 percent, Layasan stated in her latest report. (NGBT/Radyo ng
Bayan-Tandag/PIA-Surigao del Sur)
