THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) in Region 10 has been declared the national winner in the wage-employed category of the Search for Tesda Idol 2009.

This is the 5th time that Region 10 won the institutional award since 2002.

Director Edwin C. Gatinao, amid the regional celebration on August 25, called from Tesda central office and announced the winning moments of Dr. Gonzales and Tesda in Region 10.

Dr. Remegio B. Gonzales of MSU-IIT, nominated by the Tesda provincial office of Lanao del Norte, received a trophy from Deputy Director General Milagros Dawa-Hernandez, in behalf of Secretary Augusto Boboy Syjuco, Tesda director general, and was honored during the national awarding ceremonies held at the Tesda central office in Taguig, Metro Manila.

The “Tesda Idol Award” is one of the institutional awards given by Tesda annually.

The award recognizes tech-voc graduates who reached skills excellence and are highly successful in their respective occupations.

The recipients of this award are persons who have contributed to the economic growth in their communities and who possess qualities as role models worthy of emulation by the youth and unemployed persons for a promising career in tech-voc occupation.

The winner is also conferred the President Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Filipino Workers Award (PRMOFWA).

It is the government's concrete recognition of the important role of Filipino workers who are honest, hardworking, persevering, and highly successful in their respective fields toward achieving the country's economic goals in support of national development.

Dr. Gonzales finished a 2-year Technical Trade at Bohol School of Arts and Trades in 1969 while he worked as electrician in one of the universities in Bohol.

He pursued his BS Electrical Engineering.

He is now a Doctor in Educational Management working as Full Professor VI, Resident Electrical, and Safety Engineer in MSU-IIT, Iligan City.

He is accorded with several awards in his field as Outstanding Electrical Engineer and moved up to the ladder.

He is indeed one of the few who exhibit the qualities of an outstanding Pinoy Worker of the World (Pinoy WOW).

As the national winner, Dr. Gonzales received two trophies, three scholarship vouchers, 25,000 pesos in cash, and a trip to Thailand. (Press release)