ORMOC CITY, Leyte, Dec. 8 (PNA) --
A total of 143 trainees for short-term courses received their certificates at
Kananga EDC Institute of Technology (Keitech).
The graduates belong to the
seventh batch of scholars of Keitech’s special three-month technical-vocational
(tech-voc) training program.
For this batch, 55 trainees
obtained certificates in electrical installation and maintenance, 48 are now
certified plumbers and 40 are new carpenters. Each student received full
scholarship including uniforms, shoes, safety gear, school supplies as well as
accommodations and meals for the duration of their training.
The graduates come from Ormoc City
and the towns of Kananga, Barugo, Burauen, Capoocan, Carigara, Dulag, Jaro,
Julita, La Paz, MacArthur, Mayorga, Tabon-tabon and Tunga, all in Leyte; as
well as Balangiga, Gen. MacArthur, Guiuan, Hernani and Mercedes in Eastern
Samar. One came from Camarines Sur.
The enhanced single qualification
skills training was started in April 2014 to assist the youth affected by super
typhoon Yolanda to secure jobs in various reconstruction projects in the
region. The target 1,080 beneficiaries will be trained in nine batches. The
first six batches have produced 676 graduates, 481 of them or 71 percent have already
found jobs in various construction projects.
A joint project of Energy
Development Corp. (EDC), the municipal government of Kananga as well as
Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), Keitech was
established in 2009 to be a world-class tech-voc training center with a
training curriculum tailor-fit to the most in-demand jobs in construction,
metals and engineering, tourism as well as health and social services.
While Keitech follows the
prescribed curriculum of Tesda, it went one notch higher by incorporating life
skills and a values formation program so that the trainees will acquire not
just the technical skills but also the professionalism and right attitude
towards work.
On-the-job trainings in more than
20 partner industries of Keitech await graduates, making each trainee a
technically-competent and multi-skilled worker. Keitech also facilitates job
placement schemes such as mapping of employment opportunities, labor market
intelligence report, tie-ups with companies and industries, online job kiosks,
job referrals, job fairs, and passport application.
All the intensive technical
training and extra hours for values formation led to outstanding results with
all Keitech graduates achieving a 100% passing rate in Tesda’s National Certification.
All these remarkable achievements have won for Keitech the Tesda Kabalikat
award for three years in a rown since 2013 for being the best tech-voc school
in Region 8. (PNA)
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