JOBSDB SUPPORTS TESDA’S COMPUTER-BASED LEARNING PROGRAM

Education has transcended blackboards, white boards, libraries and has made the next great leap by establishing a beachhead in computers. To further enhance and promote the emergence of technology as a learning tool, over a thousand administrators, coordinators and recruitment professionals gathered for the National TVET Conference last January 10 at the Manila Hotel for the launch of the e-TESDA Program.

The Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) program is geared to address the job mismatch and other employment problems in the country.

To further address the unemployment rate of the country, TESDA launched the e-TESDA program, a computer-based learning tool which can be accessed through the internet. The program intends to help the country’s human resources by equipping them with the right skills appropriate for the available job.

“Employment depends greatly on the ability of the person to a specific job. Without the training for skills, one cannot actually do the [work] that the industries are looking for,” says Dir. Gen. Syjuco.

During her presentation on skills and job matching, JobsDB Philippines, Inc.’s General Manager Jayjay Viray points out that today’s employers are looking for candidates suitable for the job based on their skills.

“From an employer’s point of view, about 80 percent of employees are hired because of their skills,” says Viray. “There is a growing demand for technical vocational workers locally and internationally, and one way to ensure that we can address this demand is to provide them with the proper training.”

JobsDB Philippines has been helping and supporting TESDA’s Enrollment to Employment program. This program aims to help TESDA students acquire work through JobsDB’s online application which they register for, after completing their technical vocational course in TESDA accredited schools. The foundation set by this program aims to assist  the 200,000 TESDA graduates this March in their job-hunting efforts.

“I think we’re hitting the nail right on the head, we say that TESDA is Jobs and Jobs is TESDA. Employment requires skills and knowledge to do a job, and the ability to do a job and do it well, that requires training and skills development,” emphasizes Dir. Gen. Syjuco.