The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) offers free online Covid-19 management programs.
Courses are Contact tracing, Covid-19 awareness, General Covid-19 duties, How to put on and take off personal protective equipment (PPE), Learning online during Covid-19, Managing education and training technical professionals during Covid-19, Standard precautions: hand hygiene, online education during Covid-19, the effects of climate change on health and the practice of preventive measures for Covid-19 in the workplace.
Those interested in registering can visit https://e-tesda.gov.ph/ and register through the Tesda Online Program (TOP).
Through TOP, Tesda provides an effective and efficient way to receive technical and vocational education and training in learners’ space and time with its massive open online courses.
Last year, health-related courses were the most popular in the TOP. Nearly 400,000 registered in the human health or healthcare sector, while the Practicing Covid-19 Preventive Measures in the Workplace had 369,650 registered.
Tesda chief Isidro Lapeña renewed his call for local governments and the private sector to take advantage of the free contact tracing program and call on its graduates to serve in their communities.
“Engaging the services of more Tesda contact tracers at the community level will help prevent the spread of Covid-19,” Lapeña added.
More than 11,000 interns have so far completed the Contact Tracing Level 2 Program (CTTP) – with 1,689 graduating in 2020 and 9,367 in 2021.
Lapeña said the program was developed with the help of the Department of Health’s Office of Health Human Resources Development and health industry experts. The program lasts 15 days where learners use a blended learning modality.
CTTP scholarship recipients received a training allowance of P2,400, insurance coverage and an additional allowance for internet expenses and PPE.
