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DIPOLOG CITY (PIA) -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, while proactively spearheading and spreading awareness on its initiatives, has released the allowance of 71 scholars under their Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA) and Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP). The release was conducted during institution visitations throughout Zamboanga del Norte, wherein TESDA also took the opportunity to monitor schools and conduct a Training Induction Program (TIP) for their Coconut Farmers Scholarship Program (CFSP). TESDA-Zamboanga del Norte Provincial Director Engr. Alan Bacatan orients scholars on the different benefits under the CFSP. (TESDA Zamboanga Peninsula) During the TIP, the scholars were briefed on TESDAs guidelines and course offerings along with an orientation on the pivotal role technical education plays in uplifting the agricultural sector and creating sustainable livelihoods. TESDA scholars of the above-mentioned programs can enjoy free skills training, a free national competency assessment, a training support fund of P160 per day, as well as Free entrepreneurship training, except for PESFA. Qualified applicants for CFSP need to be Filipino citizens who will be at least 18 years of age by the end of the training, be a coconut farmer and/or their dependent, and registered in the National Coconut Farmers Registry System of the Philippine Coconut Authority. A CFSP beneficiary fills out forms to receive their allowance (Photo by: TESDA Zamboanga Peninsula) Meanwhile, applicants for the TWSP must have completed at least 18 years of age by the end of the training, employed or unemployed. Priority will be given to those without prior formal or vocational training as well as those coming from areas with higher poverty rates. Finally, for the PESFA, applicants must be at least 15 years of age and K-12 or high school graduates from poor households enrolling in private Technical Vocational Institutions with an annual income not exceeding P300,000. These programs and efforts are all testaments to TESDAs steadfast pursuit of its mission to bring skills development closer to the grassroots and support the governments inclusive growth agenda through technical education and training. (EDT/PJF/PIA9-Zamboanga del Norte)
