Urdaneta livelihood center inaugurated on Feb. 11
URDANETA CITY –The newly-constructed Urdaneta Livelihood Training Center, which will be offering free skills education to the city’s out-of-school youth as well as adults, will be formally inaugurated on Monday, February 11.
The P3.5 million two-storey building will serve as a training venue for home-based business ventures and other skills for possible employment, said Mayor Amadeo Perez Jr.
The short-term courses that will be offered include food processing and food preservation, dressmaking, carpentry, welding, auto mechanic with emphasis on two-stroke engines, kuliglig (a farm machinery) and water pumps, physical therapy and practical electricity.
“Even those without high school diploma will be accepted provided they know how to read and write and understand English,” Perez said.
The mayor said the center will accept trainees between the ages of 16 and 50 years old from all the barangays in the city.
The training will be handled by the city government in cooperation with the city schools division and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
The city government has allocated P2.5-M for materials, salaries of trainors and maintenance of the building and equipment.
Perez said the city government put up the center because “several job fairs were held here but very few qualified because they do not have the needed skills.”—CSR
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