The city government of Davao will sign a Memorandum of Agreement between the Philippine College of Technology for the work immersion program of the senior high school students under caregiving program with the Co Su Gian Home for the Aged and Child Minding Center.
Davao City Councilor Pilar Braga, committee chairperson on Education, said that MOA is relative to affiliation of their Caregiving SHS student through the WIP with centers supervised and managed by the said office such as the Co Su Gian Home for the Aged and the City Minding Center.
The work immersion program is one of the course requirements for graduation of a SHS student as mandated in the Republic Act No. 10533 otherwise known as “Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2013”, said Braga.
“A SHS student has to undergo work immersion in a business organization, establishment, or in an institution according to their chosen track, strand and specialization within the Basic Education System,” she added.
According to Braga, Ms. Lalaine Benjamin-Gañas, Paramedical Program Head of PCT, informed the Committee that Co Su Gian Home for the Aged and Child Minding Center has been a long time partner of their college students under Caregiving and Health Care Services course of TESDA with NC II.
“The SHS students are under a 2-year course, specializing in Caregiving Program and they are trained to take care of the elderly as well as the children during the exposure as part of their curriculum,” Benjamin-Gañas explained.
Benjamin-Gañas appealed with the City Government that their request for an affiliation of their Senior High School students of Caregiving Program be granted in order for them to develop their skills and to help them become globally competitive and assured the Committee that whatever policies that are stipulated in the MOA will be followed.
The resolution with its corresponding ordinance granting authority to the City Mayor to sign the MOA between the PCT and the city government of Davao is up for third and final reading next week Tuesday.
