A party-list legislator on Monday urged TESDA to refine its processes to ensure more poor and disadvantaged Filipinos benefit from its training programs.
The call followed a PIDS study showing a decline in poor beneficiaries enrolled in TESDA programs between 2018 and 2022.
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Rep. Ching Bernos said TESDA must align scholarship budgets with poverty incidence across regions and ensure programs reach unemployed youth, informal workers, and other vulnerable sectors.
The lawmaker supported PIDS’ proposal for TESDA to use vetted poverty databases such as DSWD’s Listahanan and the Philippine Identification System for verification.
Bernos also urged TESDA to work closely with industries and local governments to align training courses with market needs.
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