Gatchalian to TESDA: Address jobs-skills mismatch among tech-voc grads

While the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority’s (TESDA) annual budget has increased over the past years, Senator Win Gatchalian said the agency should address the persistent high rates of jobs-skills mismatch among technical-vocational or tech-voc graduates.

Using TESDA’s Individual Graduate Tracer Surveys for the years 2013, 2014, and 2017, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimated that occupational mismatch rates hover around 60 to 80 percent in the years mentioned.

In 2017, 70 percent of respondents had jobs which were not the occupational expectations of their training in school.

“This is quite concerning considering that the budget of TESDA has skyrocketed over the last 10 years,” Gatchalian said.

“At this time, TESDA is receiving P14 billion more or less, on average, pero may mga report pa rin tayong nakukuha na 70-80 percent ng mga graduates ng TESDA ay nakakuha ng trabaho na hindi angkop sa kanilang naging pagsasanay o training,” he said during a Senate panel hearing on TESDA’s proposed 2022 budget.

Assessing occupational group mismatch is one of the matching techniques that compares the expected and actual post-training occupation of the TVET graduate.

For example, individuals who completed their Shielded Metal Arc Welding National Certificate Level II (NC II) are expected to be employed as welders. If these same individuals are hired as restaurant staff, they are experiencing training-job mismatch.

“Enterprise-based training, for me, is an exciting method because it’s a way for enterprises and for businesses to train based on their needs, and a person can work in their factories or their businesses immediately after being trained,” Gatchalian said.

“The enterprise-based method, in simple terms, is apprenticeship, and I hope that we can increase this,” he said.

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