Official launching of the Cordillera State Institute of Technical Education
BAGUIO CITY – The Cordillera State Institute of Technical Education (CSITE) was officially launched on September 9, 2022, at the CSITE Main Campus located at Military Cut-Off Baguio City.
Under the CSITE Act or RA 11192, this will be a State Skills Institute in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), under the supervision of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) which will incorporate the Baguio City School of Arts and Trades, the TESDA Regional Training Center-Baguio City, the TESDA Provincial Training Centers in Abra, Ifugao, Benguet, Kalinga, and Mountain Province, the Local Government Unit (LGU) Provincial Training Center in Apayao, and such other State-run technical-vocational institutions (TVIs) in the region.
The integration of the TESDA Technology Institutions in the CAR into one system-one institution was envisioned and conceptualized by former Baguio City School of Arts and Trades (BCSAT) Administrator David B. Bungallon and Former TESDA-CAR Regional Director Francisco B. Jucar, Jr.
Congressman Mark O. Go, the principal author of the bill said that the launching of CSITE is one giant leap for the people of Cordillera and for technical and vocational education and training in this country.
Adding, โ๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ญ๐ญ๐ต๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ธ ๐น๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ถ๐๐ ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต-๐๐ผ๐ฐ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ถ๐ฑ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐. It seeks to increase the absorptive
capacity and improve the institutional capabilities of our existing tech-voc institutions in the Cordilleras.
This integration would create a synergy leading to significant improvements in how we administer and develop technical-vocational education in our region and ensure that Cordillerans have access to quality and up-to-date technical education and skills training, consistent with the needs of Cordillera and
responsive to the demands of today. In addition, the creation of more polytechnic institutions all over the country is among the strategic plans of TESDA for the coming years, and CSITE shall serve as the model for plans currently in the pipeline. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ต๐๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ผ๐ฝ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฎ ๐ฏ๐ผ๐น๐ฑ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ด๐๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฝ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฝ๐น๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฎ.โ
Meanwhile, Deputy Director General for TESD Operations Aniceto โJohnโ D. Bertiz III said that โIt is imperative to strengthen the countryโs Technical Vocational Education to immediately effect a major shift towards the development of a world-class Filipino workforce equipped with practical technical skills. With the recent major developments challenging the Philippine higher and technical-vocational education priorities and mandates, namely: (a) the adoption of the Philippine qualifications framework (PQF); (b) the association of southeast Asian nations (ASEAN) economic integration; and (c) the rapidly
changing technical skills priorities.โ
Adding, โThrough this endeavor, the institute will play a pivotal role in primarily helping the students and out-of-school youths and residents from low-income families, including persons with disabilities, in CAR to become productive, self-reliant and to be developed into a globally competitive middle to the high-level skilled labor force to hasten the social and economic development of the entire car, in particular, as well as meet the manpower placement needs of both local and international labor market.โ
Executive Director David B. Bungallon of the National Institute for Technical Education and Skills Development (NITESD) said that he feels emotional and fulfilled as he witnesses the launching of the CSITEโs operation.
“We are happy that with Congressman Go we shared the same visionโฆ.An institution that will be responsive to higher-level TVET aligned with industry demands and global standards. Better employment of graduates that impacts economic development for the Cordillera.โ
The Institute will soon offer a wide array of courses of the following TESDA registered technical vocational and short-term training programs in agriculture-related training, industrial technology, and hard trades, tourism and hospitality, health and wellness training, basic business literacy training,
computer literacy, and Information Technology (IT) related skills, and other preferred priority skills and trades training courses relevant to the needs of the localities served within the operational radius of the institute and the whole CAR to enhance their capacities for livelihood, gainful employment, and practical entrepreneurship skills. ### (TESDA- PR / File photos)