Tacurong implements first BUB-funded project in Sultan Kudarat
• 17:41 PM Tue Apr 7, 2015
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By:
Edwin Fernandez and Jezz Billano/Tacurong information office
BUB-project in Tacurong City
TACURONG
CITY -- The City Government of Tacurong and Technical Education
and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) on Monday launched the
Motorcycle/Small Engine Servicing NCII training. The
skills training which will benefit 149 tricycle drivers and out-of-school youth
was the first project in Sultan Kudarat funded through Bottom-Up Budgeting or
BUB, according to TESDA Provincial Director Reynaldo Bernal. The
beneficiaries are from the different barangays in the Tacurong City.
Alberto
Sero Sr, Tacurong City Local Government Operations Officer was also happy to
note that Tacurong was one of the earliest local government units in Region XII
to implement projects under the 2015 BUB programs. BUB
is formerly known as Grassroots Participatory Budgeting program.
The
budget for the training, downloaded to TESDA by the Department of Budget and
Management (DBM), will be used by the former to pay for the training expenses
amounting to more than P5,000 per trainee. TESDA
identified Centerpoint College of Arts and Sciences as the training center
since it is the only school in the city offering Small Engine Servicing.In
addition to the free training, participants who will complete the program shall
receive allowance from the city government.
They
will also receive free toolkits that they can use to start their own economic
enterprise.