THE TECHNICAL Education and Skills Development Authority signed a memorandum of agreement with the local government of Cagayan province to reach more Indigenous People and isolated areas.

Under the agreement, the provincial government shall provide TESDA P867,000 to implement training assistance and other programs in the province.

TESDA’s Project TALAGA (TESDA-Alay ay Liwanag at Asenso Gamit ang enerhiya ng Araw) for Brgy. Anurturu, Rizal shall receive P393,000 to procure supplies/materials for the installation of solar panels/lights in the Barangay Hall and in houses without electricity.

Likewise, P81,000 was committed to fund Project SID SET UP (Sustaining Integrated Development through Skills and Entrepreneurship Training Upscaling Program) for Brgy. Apayao in Piat town.

The fund will be used for the procurement of equipment, tools, and supplies/materials for a mini laboratory for animal health care requirements of the group of scholar-beneficiaries who shall be trained along Animal Health Care and Management NC III and Agro-entrepreneurship NC II.

Meanwhile, Project HOTS (Harnessing the power Of The Sun) for the island-barangay of Fuga in Aparri, shall receive P393,000 to install solar panels/lights in the Barangay Hall, and in each of the respective abodes of the 25 target scholar-beneficiaries of PV Systems Installation NC II.

TESDA Secretary Isidro Lapeña thanked Governor Manuel Mamba.

“Maswerte po kayong mga taga-Cagayan dahil ang inyong Governor ang nangunguna sa mga developments na ito,” he said.

Mamba thanked Lapeña for TESDA’s assistance to the province.

“This partnership will go a long way. This partnership is not only limited to this, dahil nakita po natin ngayon, the Provincial Government of Cagayan is setting up skills training centers in the province in partnership with the TESDA,” he said.