TESDA sets Dec. 16 summit in Zamboanga City

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ZAMBOANGA CITY, Dec. 13 (PNA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is holding a one day summit on comprehensive reform and development agenda (CRDA) in this city.

The summit, which is scheduled to be held on Friday, December 16, is for partners of TESDA and other stakeholders from this city and the nearby province of Zamboanga Sibugay.

TESDA Regional Director Lorenzo Macapili on Tuesday said the summit is to firm up and concretize the specific structure and economic program and projects that will be implemented from 2016 to 2022 to uplift the peoples’ socio-economic conditions in the region.

Macapili said the summit would be attended by at least 200 representatives from the local government units, civil society organizations, people’s organizations, national government agencies, industry groups, Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) associations, academe, regional and provincial Technical Education and Skills Development Committees, media partners and other stakeholders are expected to participate the one-day summit.

Macapili said the daylong activity would be held at the city government-owned Centro Latino Convention Center in Paseo del Mar, this city.

He said that TESDA Director-General Guiling Mamondiong and other TESDA officials will grace the summit.