Lawmaker allocates funds for vocational education

Thursday, February 16, 2012

HOUSE Deputy Speaker Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has allocated P3 million from her priority development assistance fund for the Technical Education Skills Development Authority (Tesda) to conduct vocational trainings among community stakeholders in her district.

Salazar, who is Zamboanga City’s first district representative, said she allocated the funds to empower the communities with vocational education.

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The courses and trainings that are currently opened in the communities include housekeeping, commercial cooking, foot spa, pedicure and manicure.

Salazar said the target beneficiaries of the vocational education are the villages of Talisayan, San Roque and San Jose-Cawa-Cawa.

Meanwhile, Salazar said school-based trainings will be conducted at the Immaculate Concepcion Archdiocesan School and at the Zamboanga National High School-West.

Salazar vowed to continue her community and school-based vocational programs with Tesda to train the residents, especially those jobless, to help them put up livelihood projects. (Bong Garcia)