1. Brief Description.
Tapping LGU Partners had brought multiple impacts in the attainment of our targets in advocacy, massive training, scholarships, employment, and TVET investment.
2. TVET problem addressed by the best practice
Poor enrolment is basically our challenge in the past years up to now. This maybe caused by few transportation means to reach our location considering the rough road network and that our distinctive area of competence is not that attractive to prospective trainees. Our LGU partners are helping us hit our targets by:
Promoting our programs to their constituents
Granting local scholarships
Transportation assistance to scholars
Providing space for Satellite Office
Initiating and financing community-based trainings
Providing incubation centers for entrepreneurs
· Donation of a permanent site nearer to town proper
3. People, organizations, other stakeholders involved and their roles
Gov. Mohamad Khalid Q. Dimaporo – Lanao del Norte Province
Supported in the making of our Satellite Campus.
Promotes our Agriculture Sector occupations.
Batches of TWSP commitments are sent to our institution
Accepted deployment of Tourism Sector OJT at the Mindanao Civic Center Hotel
Congresswoman Imelda Q. Dimaporo – First District, Lanao del Norte
Supported in the making of our Satellite Campus.
Mayor Bertrand Lumaque of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte
Sent batches 30 scholars of SMAW NC II who were given free transportation to/from the school site. The LGU shouldered their dormitory fees and after training, they are absorbed in the LGU Welders Association as their incubation center.
Mayor Joselito E. Miquiabas of Bacolod, Lanao del Norte
Sponsored 107 scholars in different occupations whom are mostly in Agriculture sector. The local DA of Bacolod accommodates the graduates in their on the job training. The scholars are also given free transportation by the LGU during their training duration.
Mayor Eleanor D. Lantud of Pantao-Ragat, Lanao del Norte
Created a pool of Muslim women constituents in her municipality with her active CTEC for a food processing (Halal) training that we conducted.
Mayor Nelieta Q. Noval and Mr. Marcelino P. Noval of Tubod, Lanao del Norte
Donated a one hectare lot serving as a permanent satellite campus in Malingao, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.
ABC Pres. Leoncio C. Bagol and His Council of Malingao, Tubod, Lanao del Norte
The Father of the Malingao Satellite Campus. He initiated in its making.
Local funds were invested in a school building with the cooperation of the community dwellers through a bayanihan spirit.
Provided a one-room Satellite Office in the Barangay.
Coordinated with the LANECO for the power connection to the campus.
Advocates our programs to identified feeder high schools.
Solicited the donated one-hectare lot.
Invests in community-based trainings to the Women’s Organization
Coordinates with MCoCo, a cooperative to lend start up capital for our graduate-entrepreneurs
4. Extent of the partnership
The partnership with all of the LGU personalities mentioned started in the year 2007 by merely representing our institution in conferences and consultations. Tapping them seems so meaningful then because of the contributions they had enriched us to become.
5. Strategies/innovations introduced
Networking strategies were introduced.
6. Successful measures
The political leaders are the planners and implementers of all projects within their area of jurisdiction. In this best practice, we have tapped the top leaders of the Lanao del Norte province to spread the value of technical-vocational education and training. These figures are also the deciding power at investing activities and that they must have the will to capitalize on there people for economic development.
7. Benefits:
7.1 For Beneficiaries: Education/ training and employment are achieved by the Beneficiaries.
7.3 For TESDA: Expansion and better services.
8. What were the success factors?
Our LGU partners had contributed much in attaining our targets by promoting our programs, helping us advocate to their constituents and more so by offering local scholarships that ignite interests to their youth. The advocacy they exerted for us aware the people of Lanao del Norte and the investments they poured on us contributed to the expansion of our services to the public.
9. The hindering factors and how were these addressed?
Lack of means of communication blocked our penetration to our clients in the past years. We don’t have internet access due to the absence of landlines and cellular phone signals are very poor. It was just last year that we gained a little connection to the cyberworld. Up to now, our connections is not that dependable but at least we have a utilized a single unit devoted to access the internet through an external stick. Our face to face consultations to our local leaders was effective and it was that sole way that we overcome our communication problems.
10. What were lessons learned?
In tandem, we work as a team at providing our programs and work as allies in strengthening our services.
11. How will the best practice be sustained?
Good working relationship with the local government counterparts is already established and we look forward that it will take us a sure way.
