are now fri,i not just in state ud- versities and collEges, but also in 0FWs urged sovemment-ruD TVET irutitutions ind even TESDA-regisEred Private schools." Bertiz said. to avail selves Bertiz cited some of the 'tigh- vaiuJ' TVET ptogtams available for fre€ to all Filitinos, including renrm- ing oFws anai their familY memben: -. Aircraft maintenance and tech- By'Maricel V. Cruz nolocv: . fdriculnnal croPs Production; . A;imal health care and manage- nnfUnNfNC migrant workers ment: who are not college graduates are . Animal oroduction; to ta[e idvantage of . Animatibn and 3D animationi "^"r*unta the sove.-rnmenl's tuition-free tech- . Auiomotive servicing; nicai vocational education and r Bread and pasiry Production; training programs to enhance thelr . Computer systems se rcrng; skills. . Cook€ry; Armed with the skills that tbey . Dressmakins: will receive from such Programs' . Electrical in;tallatio[ and main- eCrs-orw nep. enic€to Bertiz IIl tenance: said the workers might seek hlgher - .!,lectronic products assembly paying jobs or put uP their own busl- and servicinc: --ic.trn"ss nesses. . Refrigeition and air-condition- has set aside P39 ins servicinq: billion 6is year so that Filipioos' -. Shieldei metal and gas tungsten ir"-iJ"s oFws, who are not col- atc wcldinq: and Gn" -aioat"t maY freelY enroll in . M rualircohic dosim. ita'ti--run or accredited private TVET schools without having to PaY tor "ws mvllglh.valuc Sooaure $ore any tuition or miscellaneous fees"' ls qrat 'dom-and nowadaYl-both said Bertiz. hcri and abroad-for human rc' sourcos tbat can look 6ft€r tcchni' Bertiz ursed those aspiring to studv for fteie in TVET schools to cal eouioment or perform practical thJ website of the Technical worki-fbr oeoole skilled in the tech- "i"ii Education and Skills DeveloPm€nt nioue of a &afi or art," Bertiz said. program comPleters caD Authoritv. : "'TVET easilv sell their skills to prospechve "In thl TESDA website' retuming u-oiovers or. better Yeg use their OFWs can search for a new skill that oroficiencies to establish small tax- thev want to leam. and also find on- ixemot shoPs under the BarangaY linJ the nearest scliool that offer€ the Micr6 Busiiress Enterprises Law," desired program for free," Bertiz' a Bertiz said. ---2"-OFW said. former TVET is scbooling that Provides uitioo in TVET scbools lnowledee and comPetencies for forms oart of President Rodrigo immediale emPloYment bY combin- ijutertets Univenal Access to-Qual- ing formal, noir-f6rmal and informal ity Tertiary Education, according to leaming. Bertiz. tt p\q€-Ab/