Bayan Academy, J.P. Morgan back TESDA’s training program
A PUBLIC-PRIVATE partnership — between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Bayan Academy, and the social responsibility arm of global banking giant J.P. Morgan — was formed with the objective of training TESDA trainers who can then teach ‘skills pr en eur ship’ or skill-based entrepreneurship to a broader population.
TESDA, through its National Institute for Technical Education and Skills Development (NITESD), chose trainers from all over the region to attend the “National Training of Trainer son Skills pr en eur ship .”
“This program aims to introduce entrepreneurship to TESDA technical-vocational graduates to explore the path to entrepreneurship as a way to maximize their technical skills and promote family-based enterprises for employment generation in their own localities,” explained Philip S. Felipe, executive director of Bayan Academy. “With Bayan Academy’s Learning Systems, skills-based entrepreneurship education could be democratized.”
Two‘ skills pr en eur ship’ trainings were implemented, the first batch having 44 participants while the second having 55. The attendees — who’ve come from all over the country some of them as far as Buyabod in Marinduque or Surallah in South Cotabato — were identified by TESDA as trainers who have the potential to become skills-based entrepreneurs and who can later on help uplift their respective communities and bring employment opportunities to their localities. The training not only introduces the benefits of‘ skills pr en eur ship’ but is also aimed at equipping participants with the knowledge of related topics such as customer profiling, market research, location analysis, investing, marketing, and Human Resources among others.
“Bayan Academy has established itself as a pioneer of enterprise development, techno pren eur ship and trans format ive education by developing curriculum and learning materials in grassroots enterprise development. Wear every proud of our partnership with both TESDA and J.P. Morgan as we look to contribute to long-term efforts towards social equity for all Filipinos,” said Mr. Felipe.