Tech-voc center bares senior high courses

The Center for Healthcare Professions Cebu, Inc. (CHP Cebu) will offer all its 27 courses in its new senior high school program, which will start in the next academic year.

Bernard Restificar, CHP Cebu president and chief executive officer, said the courses include Barangay Health Services NCII, Caregiving NCII, Housekeeping Services NCII, Hilot (Wellness Massage) NCII, Pharmacy Services NCII and Household Services NCII.

The center is also applying for registration of additional courses, such as Food and Beverage Services NCII, Bread and Pastry NCII, Beauty Care NCII and Hairdressing NCII.

Students who cannot go to either  CHP facilities or its partner schools can avail of the mobile training centers that CHP Cebu will deploy in far-flung communities and among  indigenous people.

At present, CHP Cebu program director Myrna Restificar said they have 22 students from the Badjao community and 25 students from the Ati community undergoing household services training.

She said the mobile training centers have opened a lot of opportunities for the indigenous people to look for means of employment and livelihood.

“CHP Cebu is very proud to be part of this, to reach out to people,” she said.

For the mobile training classes, CHP Cebu will provide all the tools, materials, consumables and other items needed for the training.

“With the implementation of mobile training, we are promoting economic growth in communities and are bringing education to communities,” Myrna said.

While awaiting approval from the Department of Education, Bernard said they were exploring possible partnerships with public schools in the cities of Mandaue and Lapu-Lapu in Cebu as well as in the province of Bohol.

Students will have the option to choose the TVET (Technical, Vocational, Education and Training) track for grades 11 to 12 under the K-12 system.

He said CHP Cebu can accommodate up to 10,000 students.

“If they have more than 10,000 students, we can adjust. We are partnering with as many schools as possible,” he said.

Tuition of public school students will be subsidized by DepEd. Each student scholar will be allotted P20,000 per year.

The center will cater not only to local students but to international students as well. Bernard said they have registered with the Bureau of Immigration and can now accept foreign or international students for technical or vocational courses.

The center also launched last week its website, which offers an inquiry service that interested students can access to in real time.

“With the right training and support, we believe that our trainees can be world class overseas workers,” Bernard said.