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Cordillera - The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority
(TESDA) has opened a new training institution, the Cordillera State
Institute of Technical Education (CSITE), which aims to offer high-level
technical vocational education and training (TVET).
TESDA Deputy Director General for TESD Operations Aniceto D. Bertiz III,
together with Baguio Rep. Marquez O. Go, led the inauguration ceremony in
Baguio City, Benguet last Sept. 9.
“Through this endeavor, the institution will play a pivotal role in
primarily helping students and out-of-school youths and residents from
low-income families, including persons with disabilities,” he said in his
message.
“[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
added.
Under the supervision of TESDA, the CSITE will be the integration of the
Baguio City School of Arts and Trades (BCSAT), the Regional and Provincial
Training Centers, and other public training institutions in the
region.
It shall endeavor to bring about greater industry-academe collaboration and
critical partnerships with local and international institutions to forge
mutual skills benchmarking standards, program exchange, and internship
training to equip graduates with competencies and preferred job
access.
CSITE will offer 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 pointed out.
“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.
Also present during the event were National Institute for Technical
Education and Skills Development Executive Director David Bungallon and
TESDA CAR Officer-in-Charge Regional Director Jovencio Ferrer Jr.