Globe provides online training and ICT support programs to Tesda

GLOBE is set to provide the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) with internet communication support, as well as substantial knowledge of digital citizenship and cybersafety through online training.

“The partnership that we have with Globe will benefit Tesda and the Filipino people. The assistance that will be given to us will help our inspectorate committee in ensuring Tesda is well-functioning, and be on the lookout for corruption,” said Isidro Lapeña, director general of Tesda.

“Globe will also help us in the digitization of our online courses and help improve our e-Learning courses,” he added.

Miguel Bermundo, head of citizenship and advocacy marketing in Globe, said its partnership with Tesda goes beyond connectivity support; it seeks to “help build a responsible digital nation.”

“We’re extending support to digitize Tesda courses and learning modules. This includes digital literacy and online responsibility. We are also extending communication support to increase awareness and usage of the 911TESDA platform,” Bermundo said.

Part of the partnership is Tesda’s recognition of Globe’s Digital Thumbprint Program (DTP), which promotes responsible online citizenship through free workshops for students and trainers.

DTP includes four learning modules — Digital Insight, Digital Impact, Digital Ambition and Digital Discernment — conceptualized and designed to increase students’ knowledge of digital citizenship and cybersafety.

The modules involve taking a careful look at one’s online behavior and helping develop insights on how the online world can influence decision-making.

Globe will provide Tesda with modules that will be utilized in the agency’s training hubs with initial training to be conducted in Tesda’s national headquarters.

It will also provide Tesda with prepaid load credits that will be used in conducting a phone brigade to verify attendees listed in its database. This will aid the government agency in improving the audit process of its nationwide operations.

The mission is expected to be call-intensive, so the communication support from Globe is expected to make Tesda’s investigation more efficient.

For more information about Globe, visit www. globe.com.ph.

CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Technical Education and Skills Development Authority ( Tesda) Director General Isidro Lapeña (center) with Globe’s Citizenship and Advocacy Marketing Head Miguel Bermundo (fourth from left). With them are the Tesda team (from left): National Institute for Technical Education and Skills Development (NITESD) Executive Director Elmer Talavera, Partnerships and Networking Division-Partnerships and Linkages Office ( PND-PLO) senior TESD specialist Belen Magpantay, PLO Deputy Director General Rebecca Calzado, National Inspectorate for Scholarship Program Head Emely Tesoro, PLO Executive Director Sonia Lipio and Public Information Division chief Maria Gerty Pagaran.