THE Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) has set aside P335 million worth of scholarship vouchers to allow Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters to avail of free training in various technical and vocational (tech-voc) courses.

Tesda Director General Joel Villanueva said the funding, allocated for the education of 11,000 MILF fighters and their family members as part of the Bangsamoro normalization program, was drawn from the agency’s 2015 budget.

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