DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has launched a nationwide video-making contest for technical-vocational (tech-voc) graduates and institutions to document their success stories and become tech-voc advocates.
The contest, dubbed “Tatak TESDA,” aims to provide a platform for tech-voc graduates and institutions to share their experiences and views on tech-voc and tell the public it is the way to go.
TESDA Provincial Director Manuel Wong said it is one way to promote tech-voc education and training (TVET), and to inspire people to get into this career path as they can also succeed even without a four-year degree course.
Wong said the contest has two categories: tech-voc graduate and institution.
The graduate should be a holder of a National Certificate or Certificate of Competency in any qualification or course from 1996 onwards. He or she should be working in the country or abroad either as wage-employed or self-employed in the qualification he or she was trained. The contestant can be of any age.
As for the institution, any interested school should be a holder of Certificate of TVET Program Registration for any qualification covered by the Training for Work Scholarship Program; a holder of Certificate of TVET Program Registration for the qualification of the graduate on the video and currently offering the said program; and, of good standing and should pass TESDA’s compliance audit.
The graduate or the school should submit an original two to three minute video taken at the workplace or work setting using any recording device, which may be done in Filipino or English or both.
The video may be in the form of dramatization, storytelling or music video and should answer this question: How did your tech-voc training change your life? The closing statement should include “Ako si ________, Tatak TESDA.”
The entry should be uploaded in a Facebook account together with the entry form containing the following information: Name, address, tech-voc training completed and where it was completed, present work, including title of position, name of employer, address of employer and salary rate.
The URL of the uploaded video should be sent to tataktesda@tesda.gov.ph until March 31, 2014, said Wong.
The grand winner for the Graduate category will receive P100,000 and trophy while the Tech-Voc Institution will be awarded P1 million worth of scholarship and trophy, he added.
For more information, access the TESDA website: www.tesda.gov.ph or Facebook: www.facebook.com/TESDAofficial.
