I was curious about TESDA ever since. I also heard this term in the news and even to my professor during our subject in Legal Bases of Education. One time, I found myself browsing the internet searching about it. It says there that, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) is tasked to both manage and supervise the Philippines' Technical Education and Skills Development. Its goals are to develop the Filipino workforce with "world-class competence and positive work values" and to provide quality technical-educational and skills development through its direction, policies, and programs.

It seems interesting so I decided to make further exploration to be certain. I went to different schools in Bataan which offered TESDA NCII training and inquired. According to them, TESDA provides them trainings that they will offer to all, especially to College Undergraduate, Senior High School Graduates, and Grade 10 Completers. They gave it for free with allowance. Usually, the schedule was during school breaks to make sure that students were free to avail the trainings (for students) and during weekdays (for undergraduate and out-of-school youth). I also learned their different trainings offered such as Automotive NCII, Bartending NCII, Food and Beverages Services NCII, Food Processing NCII, Rice Machinery NCII and Housekeeping NCII.

Of course, knowing all those won’t satisfy my curiosity, so I decided to avail one of their trainings and that was Food Processing NCII. The Trainor taught us the Four (4) Competencies namely: 1. Process Food by Salting, Curing and Smoking 2. Process Food by Fermentation and Pickling, Process Food by Sugar Concentration, and 5. Package Finished Processed Food Products.

In each competency there was a corresponding product that we prepared. We learned how to make skinless longganisa, smoked fish, coco water vinegar, pickled vegetables, and mango jam. More so, they taught us how to make tocino, spicy dilis, salted eggs, and siomai. They demonstrated the correct procedures in preparing the recipe and the correct measurement of the ingredients.

Over all, the experienced was remarkable that you should try it too. Manifestly, that is my plan for the next school break. It was a success because personally I tried these recipes for many times at home and some of my classmates open up a small business and sell these products.

Henceforth, I believe that TESDA achieves their vision and that is to serve as “the leading partner in the development of the Filipino workforce with world-class competence and positive values and their mission that they will “provide directions, policies, programs and standards towards quality technical education and skills development.