MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, July 10 (PIA) -- A total of 1,585 scholars in the province have finished different training courses implemented by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda).
Tesda Provincial Director Tarhata Mapandi said the graduates were all beneficiaries of the P11.70-million training fund allocated for the province under the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) stimulus package also known as the Transition Investment Support Plan (TISP).
Scholarship programs under the TISP were implemented under three components, namely, Private Education Student Financial Assistance (PESFA), Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP), and Ulama and Youth Program.
Mapandi said the 355 slots for PESFA and 249 for TWSP were all used while the 1,015 slots for Ulama and Youth were only 99.31 percent utilized due to the return of seven slots for Food and Beverage Services by a techvoc institution.
She further said that 711 out of the 1,585 graduates had already been assessed and 354 of them had been certified.
The rest have pending applications for assessment, she added.
Mapandi also disclosed that P5.8 million or 49 percent of the total training fund was already disbursed to the different techvoc institutions.
The balance will be paid by Tesda-ARMM upon full compliance and completion of all documentary requirements as required by accounting and auditing, she said.
The TISP was provided by the national government to the ARMM government to fast-track key development initiatives in the region.
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