LAS Piñas City Rep. Camille Villar on Sunday to enhance the development of highly skilled workforces through technical and vocational education and training would not only improve the government services but likewise boost the performance of private businesses.
In signing up as co-author of House Bill No. 9903 or the proposed Department of Technical Education and Skills Development Act, she underscored that skills development is critical in ensuring that workers are able to properly and efficiently do their jobs.
“We need to make sure that our workers are fully adept at performing their tasks. A skilled workforce would make it easy for government offices and private businesses to properly function. To this end, we need to sustain a talented pool of manpower, which is possible through technical education and skills development,” she said.
She said it is the duty of the government to “provide relevant, accessible, high-quality and efficient technical education and skills development in support of the development of high-quality Filipino manpower responsive to and in accordance with Philippine development goals and priorities.”
The Constitution requires the State to “encourage active participation of various concerned sectors, public as well as private technical-vocational institutions (TVls) being direct participants in and immediate beneficiaries of a technically educated and trained workforce, in providing technical education services and training opportunities,” she noted.
HBN 9903 would provide the legislative cover to the constitutional mandate.
