For the service of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and to inform them of the free technical vocational (tech-VOC) courses they can avail for free, the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has now set up desks at the country’s international airports, including the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminals 1 and 3, Mactan-Cebu International Airport, Clark International Airport, and Davao International Airport.
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Efren added that the OFWs also need retraining and skills upgrade, whether or not they opt to stay.
The OFWs’ desks were mounted in NAIA on Wednesday, May 16.
Mamondiong instructed the agency’s district, provincial, and regional directors to provide retraining assistance to the distressed OFWs, particularly those from Kuwait.
The agency earlier announced it would provide free training, assessment, training support fund, food, and transportation allowance of PHP100 per day to repatriated OFWs.
Basically, the desks were mounted to guide the OFWs about the courses available from TESDA, and how they can avail of these.
OFWs can also get a “Certificate of Commitment” at the desks.
Efren, who was manning the desk at NAIA Terminal 1 on Thursday, said three OFWs got a certificate there, while only one OFW availed of the certificate on Wednesday.
Maybe because the desk is still new, only about 25 OFWs approached the desk at NAIA Terminal 1 on their pilot operation.
The OFW desks are open from Mondays through Fridays. These are open throughout the day depending on the flight details of the returning OFWs.