THE TECHNICAL Education and Skills Development Authority opened a new training institution in Cordillera which aims to offer high-level technical vocational education and training to the people in the region.

TESDA Deputy Director General Aniceto Bertiz III and Baguio Representative Marquez Go led the inauguration ceremony of the Cordillera State Institute of Technical Education in Baguio City on September 9.

Bertiz said that the institution will play a pivotal role in helping students, out-of-school youth and residents from low-income families, including persons with disabilities.

“[It will make them] become more productive, self-reliant, and to be developed into globally competitive middle-to-high-level skilled labor force to hasten the social and economic development of the entire CAR,” he said.

Under the supervision of TESDA, the CSITE will be the integration of the Baguio City School of Arts and Trades, the Regional and Provincial Training Centers and other public training institutions in the region.

The CSITE will offer a wide array of training and livelihood courses in the areas of agriculture, industrial technology and hard trades, tourism and hospitality, health and well-wellness, business, computer and informational technology, among others.

“This favorable development has come at a very opportune time as we enter the Fourth Industrial Revolution. CSITE will lead to more responsive course offerings and deliver higher level programs,” Bertiz said.

“CSITE is the very first in the Philippines and can be a model to other regions. Truly this feat is remarkable for the region,” he added.