TESDA adopts new system for TWSP grants

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Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/article/view/931480801173/tesda-adopts-new-system-for-twsp-grants
Wednesday, December 7, 2016

By Lilibeth A. French (JSC/laf/PIA6 Iloilo)

ILOILO CITY (PIA6) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has adopted a new system of granting scholarship slots to technical vocational institutions (TVIs).

Director General Secretary Guiling “Gene” Mamondiong issued TESDA Circular 55 series of 2016 for the adoption of the “Tendering System for Scholarship Grants for Training for Work Scholarship Program” starting November this year, according to Director Gina Sophia Mondejar of TESDA-Iloilo.

Mondejar presented the new system and the processes involved to various stakeholders including representatives from TVIs in the region during the recent Regional Consultation on TESDA Scholarships and Programs held in this city.

According to Mondejar, invitation to tender are posted on the website of the different TESDA Provincial Offices in the region to encourage Tech-Voc Institutions to participate and submit their tendering forms on the qualifications or courses they need under the new system.

“This is anchored on the skills mapping that we currently undertake which will serve as basis to identify the training needs of grassroots or barangays,” said Mondejar.

Under the new system, the accredited training provider will be paid 30% of the training cost after evaluation of the submitted billing statement and the enrollment report.

For 2016, Mondejar said the implementation of TWSP in Western Visayas has a budget allocation of P105,258,000.