TESDA to assist Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) returning to Kuwait

KUWAIT BAN LIFTED: TESDA to assist Overseas Filipino Workers (OFW) returning to Kuwait

Senate Labor Committee chair Joel Villanueva on Wednesday said household service workers must obtain a certification from the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) before they can go to Kuwait.

"Baka pwede na nating i-institutionalize yung requirement right now from the POEA (Philippine Overseas Employment Agency) na ang Household Service Workers dapat at least you are TESDA NC2 holder before i-deploy kasi maraming nabibiktima yung mga hindi adept," Villanueva said in a Senate hearing.

Meanwhile, The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has said that it will give assistance to returning overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Kuwait through its free technical-vocational (Tech-Voc) courses.

photo from TESDA

Based on Memorandum # 61, Mamondiong directed officials to prioritize the OFWs from Kuwait in their training programs being offered by the TESDA Technology Institutions.

Mamondiong also ordered the regional/provincial/district directors and TTIs to seek out and contact the returning OFWs in their respective areas, in coordination with the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration so that they could receive immediate assistance.

“The beneficiaries shall be entitled to the following: free training; free assessment; training support fund (TSF)," said Mamondiong.

Apart from this, the agency has created programs for displaced OFWs based on the 17-Point Reform and Development Agenda of TESDA under the Duterte administration.





Source: TESDA