TESDA to enlist 10,000 scholars from Eastern Visayas

TACLOBAN CITY, Oct. 6 (PNA) -- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) Director General Guiling Mamondiong announced the opening of 10,000 slots for scholarship grants in Eastern Visayas.

To avail of the scholarship grants, applicants must go to their village officials. Earlier, TESDA sent letters to village officials in the country to submit names of their residents that need skills training from the government.

Applicants may also apply online by accessing the TESDA website if in case local officials would not include them on the list, according to Mamondiong.

“There is a possibility that in the submission of nominees, those who did not vote for their local officials, may not be listed. We also made the application form available online so that groups can nominate them,” explained Mamondiong during a consultation here on Wedenesday.

For computer illiterate and no access to internet, they may also go for walk-in application in nearest TESDA field offices in their area.

Mamondiong advices residents to avail of the TESDA scholarship grants before its expiration on the second quarter of 2017. The remaining slots will be given to other regions next year.

The TESDA scholarship grant, previously known as scholarship vouchers, provides training assistance to out-of-school youth and unskilled individuals in support to the government thrust for inclusive sustainable growth. (PNA)
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