The Daily Manila Shimbun

 

TESDA continues offering online courses; produces PPE

April 3, 2020



The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)has continued offering free online courses for Filipinos amid the enhanced community quarantine in the whole of Luzon, including Metro Manila, and other places in the country due to coronavirus disease crisis, an official said on Friday.

In a virtual press briefing, Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases spokesperson and Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles said thousands of Filipinos have enrolled for free online courses offered by TESDA through its online program.

He noted that from March 16 to 29, a total of 19,598 enrollees have signed up to learn from 68 online training courses in the platform.

Among the top sectors being picked by the enrollees are electrical and electronics; tourism; entrepreneurship; information and communications technology; and 21st century, he said.

After undergoing online activities and passing the quizzes, learners may download certificates of completion as proof they finished the online course, he said.

The TOP website, www.e-tesda.gov.ph can also be accessed through the TESDA App, downloadable from Google Play and Apple Store, Nograles added.

At the same time, the official said the TESDA regional and provincial training centers and other training institutions in the country are continuously producing washable face masks.

“As of March 28, 57,000 face masks have been produced and donated to frontliners such as health workers in the hospitals, barangay health centers, PNP/AFP (Philippine National Police/Armed Forces of the Philippines) checkpoints, LGUs (local government units), employees of government, members of the media and barangay tanods,” he said.

He said the TESDA training centers in partnership with private sectors or private TESDA Development Institutes have also been making do-it-your face shields with 266 face shield already distributed to frontliners in Luzon, 809 in the Visayas and 250 in Mindanao.

Some TESDA regional offices are also starting to make protective suits, disinfectants and sanitizers; while TDIs have been continuously baking bread and pastries and distributing them to the frontliners, he added. Celerina Monte/DMS