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Anthony H. Chiu
TAGBILARAN CITY,
July 13 (PIA)--Technical and vocational education graduates will again compete
against each other as the Provincial Skills Competitions (PSC) begins
today until July 14 at the Bohol Island State University (BISU) Main
Campus and three other venues.
The PSC opens today at the Cristal-e College in Panglao where
cooking and restaurant services skills competitions is held. Welding
technologies would be competed at the BISU Bingag Campus while web design
competitions would be at the STI in Tagbilaran.
The PSC serves as a venue to recognize the skills excellence of
the young industry skilled workers and graduates of technical and vocational
schools and training centers and institutions compete against each other to be
called the best trained skilled workers.
The Association of Public and Private TechVoc Institutions in
Bohol (APTIB) that organized the competition said its mission is to
develope the globally competitive Filipino Workers who possess world class
skills, values and work ethics, put up the event this year.
Supervised by the Technical Education and Skills Development
Authority (TESDA), APTIB said the contest areas for competiton this year would
be in the fields of welding and its technologies, web design, cooking and
restaurant service.
TESDA-7 regional director Rosanna Urdaneta is expected to
grace the events, while organizers said they invited Governor Edgar Chatto,
Congressman Rene Relampagos, Mayor Leonila Montero, Board Member Dionisio Balite
and City Mayor John Geesnell Yap to join them. (mbcn/rahc/PIA7-Bohol)