Basey Manpower Training Center produces 53 graduates

By Philippine Information Agency (PIA 8)
December 22, 2008

TACLOBAN CITY, Leyte  –  After three months of operation, the Basey Manpower Training Center has produced 53 graduates in its Building Wiring Installation and Plumbing courses.

The thirty six trainees for the Building Wiring Installation and seventeen trainees for Plumbing graduated on December 12, 2008, after completing all the necessary requirements for the said courses, Ms. Bonevie M. Rovino, Basey Information Assistant disclosed.

Mr. Balbino Estorninos, the municipal and training center administrator said that all the 53 trainees passed the Assessment Test administered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) – Samar personnel.

The trainees will be deployed to partner agencies to be identified by their trainers for their On-the-Job Training, Mr. Estorninos said.

Aside from the 53 graduates, another set of trainees, particularly in the Welding and Carpentry courses, are scheduled to graduate on December 31, 2008, Mr. Estorninos intimated.

The Basey Manpower and Training Center was initiated by Mayor Didi Estorninos, in cooperation with TESDA-Samar.

The Project aims to reduce the out-of-school-youth, juvenile delinquents and unemployment in the municipality.

The Basey Manpower and Training Center is now accepting new enrollees for House Building Wiring, Welding, Plumbing and Carpentry courses, Mr. Estorninos added.

Basey is a municipality in the province of Samar, Philippines, which used to be the mother town of Tacloban City.  Basay is said to be the Leyte's capital during the American period.