MORE college graduates are enrolling in technical vocational education training courses such as those offered by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority to land jobs abroad, a study showed.

According to the Philippine Education Situationer: Challenges and Ways Forward, the number of college graduates who enrolled in TVET in 2018 was higher than college undergraduates, and those who graduated from high school and elementary.

The Department of Labor and Employment said it would depend on the job vacancy if the applicant should take another course.

“In-demand courses na lumalabas is ‘yung sa digital economy,” DOLE Employment and Human Resource Development Cluster Undersecretary Carmela said.

DOLE advised students to look up in-demand opportunities before choosing their field of study for their tertiary education.

The department also said that it included in the TESDA curriculum the teaching of “soft skills” or the skills needed for managerial positions such as the proper way of handling and communicating with employees.