PNOY’s “Training for Work” goes to Local Institute

By ALICE NICART, PIA Eastern Samar
December 28, 2011

BORONGAN CITY, Eastern Samar  –  President Benigno Aquino’s Training for Work Program is set to be received by some qualified individuals at the  Llorente Technical Institute (LTI) in January 2012.

Municipal Information Officer, Mariz Bormate disclosed that Food and Beverage Service (FBS), Housekeeping, Welding, Plumbing, Electrical and Automotive trainings will be offered with free tuition and assessment fees next month, January 2 to be exact, but applicants have to beat the deadline, tomorrow, December 29.

It was learned however, that the announcement had been delivered several weeks ago, thus the expectation that a number of job-seeking individuals would flock the center.

Bormate informed that this package is a grant of Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) under the Training for Work Program, being one of the flagship programs of President Aquino.

She said that some 87 slots are up for grabs for the different short-term courses at LTI which had been running for five years now.

Initiated by former Mayor Anton Cardona, LTI is proud to have produced current productive persons who work in local settings and abroad.  This was opened in Llorente town (just an hour drive from Borongan city) in 2006, as a joint project of the LGU and PLAN Philippines.

It is said to be the only TESDA registered Training Institute in Samar and Leyte.

“LTI is the only TESDA registered LGU-run Training institute in the whole Region 8”, Ms. Bormate claimed.

The former town’s chief executive bears a gratifying success at his bold experiment, five years ago. In a text message, he said he feels good that among others, he has left this one legacy to his people.

“I am happy that with LTI, we have assisted people of their needs because most if not all of the graduates have found their own workplaces”, Cardona said. “With today’s employment problem, I advise our youths to train for blue-collared-jobs, like we have at LTI, rather than the white-collared ones, so they could immediately land a job after completion, with lesser expense in time and money. Most importantly, he said, they can help their families mitigate poverty immediately”, he added.

“I am also grateful to Pres. Aquino with his Training for Work Program through TESDA, because this means that with this 87 slots, another 87 poor individuals in the province could help their families in improving their quality of life in the next few months or so,” he concluded.