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| Work Detail | THERE are 28 young students displaced by Supertyphoon Yolanda (international code name: Haiyan) who currently live and are enrolled at various vocational courses in Don Bosco Makati. They belong to this year’s Ampon ni Don Bosco, where students from the provinces can stay dormitory-style in the facility until they finish their schooling. These students, ages 17 to 23, belong to the chosen 1,000 technical-vocational (techvoc) education scholars of SM Foundation for 2016. The foundation’s Techvoc Scholarship Program started in 2014 and has produced 361 graduates from partner schools—Punlaan School and Don Bosco Makati Technical Institute. Currently, SM has 100 techvoc scholars already in the middle of their two-year course. In lieu of fewer scholars matriculating for four- and five-year baccalaureate degrees due to the full implementation of the K to 12 basic-education curriculum for school year 2016-2017, SM has opted to strengthen its scholarship for the vocational program. Carmen Linda Atayde, SMFI executive director for education, and Eleanor Lansang, SMFI education program manager, together with officers of Don Bosco Makati, recently met and briefed the students in Makati. The TVET Center at Don Bosco Makati is a school for the poor and out-of-school youth offering a 15-month vocational training in Automotive Technology, Fitter Mechanist Technology, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning, and Electrical Mechanical Technology. The courses involve 10 months of classroom lectures and hands-on training, after which the students go on an on-the-job training at partner companies for five months. The students are assessed and given certification by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), so by the time the students finish schooling, they would have earned a National Certification. Aside from the techvoc training, students are given lessons on values formation and Christian living education. Under the scholarship, students are entitled to full matriculation fees for 10 months and for the five-month training period. SM said its support for techvoc education concretizes the foundation’s vision of transforming unskilled out-of-school youth from the marginalized society into skilled individuals. “This way, they are given a sense of purpose and belonging because with their acquired skills, they become employable and active participants in nation-building and in uplifting their families’ standard of living,” Atayde said. Aside from various Don Bosco schools nationwide, SM has also included students from other techvoc institutions. Atayde said SM has signed contracts with schools also offering TVET in their curriculum. These include Anihan Technical Institute in Calamba, Datacom Institute of Technology in Makati, Dualtech Training Center in Laguna, General Santos City National Secondary School of Arts and Trades in General Santos, Meralco Foundation Inc. Technical Institute in Pasig, Monark Foundation Institute in Laguna and Cagayan de Oro, as well as the Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise, School of Knowledge for Industrial Labor Leadership and Service, and the Banilad Center for Professional Development in Cebu. Atayde also said the foundation officially welcomed the 1,000 new techvoc scholars into its scholarship program, with a general assembly on August 21 at the Mall of Asia Complex in Pasay City. “This assembly [was] the first for the foundation in gathering such a large number of techvoc scholars. Our new scholars come from various locations with 300 of them hailing from the National Capital Region, 300 from Luzon, 300 from the Visayas and 100 from Mindanao,” she said. |
| Country | Philippines , South Eastern Asia |
| Industry | Education & Training |
| Entry Date | 02 Sep 2016 |
| Source | http://www.businessmirror.com.ph/2016/08/28/sm-gives-1000-slots-for-tech-voc-scholars/ |
