Ibinigay na ng Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) ang mobile training laboratories (MTLs) sa kanilang 10 regional offices.
Sinabi ni TESDA Dir. Gen. Danilo Cruz layon njto na maipaabot ang skills training and livelihood training programs hanggang sa mga liblib na lugar ng bansa, kablang na ang mga natukoy na conflict-affected communities, disaster-prone provinces, at sa mga probinsiya na mataas ang high poverty incidence.
“The MTLs are training facilities that can be easily transported from one place to another within the province. It is composed of tools, equipment, and training packages put in a trailer,” ani Cruz.
Ang mga benepisaryo ng MTLs ay ang Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), CARAGA, and Regions II, V, VI, VII, VIII, X, XI, at XII.
Iaalok sa MTLs ang Photovoltaic Systems Installation NC II, Bread & Pastry Production NC II, Food Processing NC II, Organic Agricultural Production NC II, Carpentry NC II, Plumbing NC II, Electrical Installation Maintenance NC II, at Agricultural Crop Production NC II.
Sinabi naman ni TESDA Deputy Dir. Gen. Aniceto Bertiz III, ang tagapagsalita din ng ahensya, na inaasahan na karagdagang 6,662 magtatapos ng mga nabanggit na kurso dahil sa MTLs.
Ani Bertiz alinsunod ito sa National TESD Plan’s (NTESDP) strategy ng TVET for Social Equity for Workforce Inclusion and Poverty Reduction.
“We, in TESDA, are one with the current administration’s thrust to reduce the poverty rate in the country. We aim to reach disenfranchised youth failing to reach the doorsteps of a tech-voc school and give them learning and economic empowerment,” sabi pa ng opisyal.