Felicito Payumo, president of the University of Nueva Caceres (UNC) – Bataan, congratulated the graduates. UNC in Dinalupihan, Bataan is a branch of the 70-year-old UNC in Naga City.
“Magagamit ninyo ang napag-aralan ninyo kung mamamasukan kayo na hindi lang labor ang category kundi bilang skilled laborer. Kung gustong magtayo ng maliit na negosyo, pwede rin,” said the former chairman of the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority and the Bases Conversion Development Authority.
Payumo said that TESDA courses like those given to reformists from Orani were provided by UNC-Bataan. He said that the school brings mobile training – instructors, machines and materials –to places where reformists are.
“Kung anong courses ang gusto ng mga estudyante which we call the reformists para sa kanilang pagbabagong buhay, ‘yon ang ino-offer namin,” the former threeterm Bataan congressman said.
TESDA courses offered by UNC-Bataan are Shielded Metal Arc Welding NCI, Shielded Metal Arc Welding NCII, Food and Beverage Services NCII, Housekeeping NCII, Front office NCII, Agricultural Crop Production NCI and Computer System Servicing NCII.
Grace Vibar, UNC TESDA school coordinator, said 48 reformists graduated from Shielded Metal Arc Welding NCI and 16 from Computer Systems Servicing or a total of 64.
The training started December 28, 2017 and ended February 9, 2018.
Vibar said their school has started offering TESDA courses since 2015 with the completion of five batches in welding, two batches in food and beverage services and computer servicing.
Chief Inspector Leovaldo Bacon, Orani police chief, said the reformists were former drug dependents in the town who voluntary surrendered.
