“Equal Opportunities”
It is President Noynoy’s 4th SONA. Seems to me that it had already been 3 years and counting when his Excellency have been elected as the President of the Republic of the Philippines and I can see as he presented his SONA that all this time, he was really working himself out for our country. Many people have been all ears for President Noynoy’s SONA- some maybe to see the progress of the country, some to witness him fail his promises and some like me were required to make a reaction paper. But all in all we all have the responsibility to care what is going on now during his term, what he had already done and achieved. There were things that I want my opinions to specifically focus on. In his speech, he had talked about the opportunities for everyone especially among who need them most. This includes the scholarship programs for TESDA. Our college has a building sharing with TESDA. I see youth of my age and those who I know who cannot afford education from private institutions and cannot meet the educational background requirements studying in TESDA. I see hope to those people who wants to learn despite of financial problems. In his SONA he said,“ Noong araw po, ayon sa pag-aaral ng DBM noong 2006 hanggang 2008, ang nakahanap ng trabaho sa mga napagtapos ng TESDA: 28.5 percent lamang. Noong lumipas na taon naman po: sa IT-BPO program, 70.9 percent ang employment rate ng ating mga napatapos sa TESDA. Sa electronics and semiconductor program naman, umabot sa 85 porsyento ng mga nagtapos noong 2012 ang nagkatrabaho.”. He reports the success rate of finding a job after studying in TESDA. He proved that if you cannot afford education that is not the end of striving to learn and improve one’s self. And that success wasn’t just because of him. It was the product of the student’s eagerness to learn and the administrator’s eagerness to help