CDO eyes establishment of tech-voc institute

• Source: http://pia.gov.ph/news/articles/1010932
• Wednesday, August 1, 2018

(CdeOSP)

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)-- The establishment of the Cagayan de Oro Technical Vocational Institute (CDO-TVI) is in the offing.

The City Council committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya is slated to act on the proposed ordinance creating and establishing the CDO-TVI, as approved by the committee on education chaired by Councilor Suzette Magtajas-Daba on Friday.

Mayor Oscar Moreno informed the legislative body that the CDO-TVI is a community-based technical vocational training school, which will operate in accordance with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) standards.

He said the CDO-TVI is intended to address the needs of the city’s constituents and other applicant-trainees for the desired competency and accreditation qualifications.

According to the city mayor, this will help them meet the market demands both locally and internationally, as well as equip them the necessary skills for their occupational, trade and livelihood needs.

The city mayor added that the CDO-TVI shall also offer school-based and technical, vocational education skills development curriculum.

It shall adopt the Unified TVET Programs Registration and Accreditation Systems (UTPRAS) of TESDA, the Senior High Curriculum of the Department of Education (DepEd) and the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) for its ladderized degree courses.

CDO-TVI shall also serve as an assessment center for acquired competencies in technical-vocational skills.

BOARD

Under the proposed legislation, the governing body of the CDO-TVI shall be a Board of Trustees (BOT), composed of the city mayor as the chair, the executive director of the CDO-TVI as the vice chair and the deputy executive director as the co-vice chairman.

Members are the chair of the City Council committees on education, on youth, on trade and commerce, a representative from the DepEd, representative of TESDA, Oro Chamber of Commerce and the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Cagayan de Oro City, among others.

The board shall enact rules and regulations to carry out the purposes and functions of the CDO-TVI.

The BOT shall, likewise, fix the tuition fees and other school charges, such as but not limited to matriculation fees, graduation fees and laboratory fees, as the board may deem proper to impose after due consultations with the involved sectors, among others.