DAVAO City 1st district Rep. Paolo Duterte offered scholarship grants for various courses under Training for Work Scholarship Program of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority.

Beneficiaries should be 18 years old at the time the scholarship is completed and must be high school graduates.

The courses offered are Automotive Servicing NC I, Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC I, Electrical Installation and Maintenance NC II, Health Care Services NC II, Computer Systems Servicing NC II, and Shielded Metal Arc Welding NC II.

These courses are available at the Davao Institute of Technical Education, Inc.; Toyozu Technical School Foundation, Inc.; Efficio Training, Inc.; St. Patrick Math-Sci School, Inc., and Core Institute of Technology, Inc.

Meanwhile, the lawmaker urged his colleagues to pass House Bill 1756 which seeks to establish a local district office of the TESDA in the city.

Duterte said that the TESDA Provincial Office serves the entire province of Davao del Sur.

With 182 villages and a population of 1.78 million, Davao City covers a large area that necessitates setting up a separate TESDA office to enable the agency to effectively deliver its services and fulfill its goal of providing “quality-assured and inclusive” technical and vocational education, Duterte said.