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Friday, August 04, 2006
Australian gov’t to extend more aid to RP in 2007
A project funded by the Australian Government, which had been designed to teach Filipinos skills required in certain industry sectors will close in October, but an official assured that aid from Australia will “double” next year.
Philippines-Australia Quality Technical Vocational Education and Training Project (PAQTVET) 2 industry adviser Patrick Cummings said the Australian government has spent about Australian$3 million to $4 million in various activities implemented in different areas in the country.
He assured, though, that despite the conclusion of the PAQTVET, the Australian Government “will double its aid in the next financial year, and the year after that.”
Extension
PAQTVET, which began in August 2002, initially had an implementation term of two years, but was extended for another two years.
“The project was originally for two years but it continued and I am happy with the results,” Cummings said during a project activity last Wednesday.
The bilateral agreement project sought to provide workers skills needed by industries in tourism, health care, and information and communication technology (ICT).
With the phase out, Cummings said the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), the government agency that headed the implementation of PAQTVET, and concerned industries should continue enhancing and providing vocational training to qualified Filipinos.
Lessons from the project should also help Tesda and other industries establish appropriate skills training programs.
The Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), represented by Alice Queblatin, said the CCCI is committed to help sustain the project.
She said PAQTVET 2 “assures us of competent, well-motivated, certified, globally competitive and exciting people for tourism and ICT link force.”
Queblatin, also the president of the Cebu Association of Tour Operators, said she believes the project will strengthen the link among the government, private sector and the academe, especially in tourism, health care and ICT. (MMM)
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