Tesda producing employable grads via short courses

IN his recent State of the Nation Address (SONA), Pres. Benigno Aquino 3rd commended the efforts of Emerson Paguia, a balut vendor-turned-IT professional who with hard work made his way to success with the help of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda).

Aquino said in his fourth SONA that out of the 503,521 graduates of technical-vocational schools, 60 percent finished their studies and eventually found work.