The Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education – Technical Education and Skills Development (MBHTE-TESD) will provide free skills training to Bangsamoro Overseas Workers (BOWs) returnees following the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the MBHTE and the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE).
Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal and Labor Minister Romeo Sema signed the MOA on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at Cotabato City.
Under the said agreement, the overseas workers, who qualified in the MOLE’s “𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢: 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙥𝙗𝙪𝙝𝙖𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙤 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙚𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙧𝙨” will be required to undergo skills and training in the MBHTE’s Manpower Development Centers in the region.
Aside from the livelihood assistance amounting to P20,000.00, MOLE’s reintegration program also aims to provide returning BOWs, who have no intention to return abroad, opportunities to be trained and oriented with basic entrepreneurial skills to start their own businesses.
Some of the common skills training the MBHTE TESD offers include: Shielded Metal Arc Welding NCII, Bread and Pastry Production, Housekeeping, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Computer Systems Servicing, Language Courses and Driving NCII.
Source : MBHTE FB Page
