TESDA to field more apprentices

To have more Filipinos who are multi-skilled and have the right attitude towards work, the Technical Educational Skills Development Authority aims to field 10,000 apprentices in the region through its Kasanayan at Hanapbuhay program (KASH).

KASH, also known as Apprenticeship-Learnership Program, is a training program within employment involving a contract between an apprentice and an employer on an approved apprenticeable occupation.

The move provides a better alternative to those who are jobless and are in need to upgrade their skills and rethink of their work attitudes aside from helping the industry players.

TESDA-7 regional director Ernesto Beltran said their office now has more than a hundred partner institutions, especially those in economic zones where more slots are now given to student apprentices.

The small and medium enterprises and other industry players in the program have an opportunity to enjoy tax incentives, the chance to be provided with human resource development assistance by the government and to develop the skills of workers to fit to their enterprise's requirements.