Helping Foundation, Inc. now part of TIIC
Mayor Jerry P. Treñas has signed an executive order integrating the operation, management and administration of the Helping Foundation, Incorporated (HFI) with the Technical Institute of Iloilo (TIIC).
The HFI is a livelihood and training productivity center being run by the city government while the TIIC offers free technical college education to the youth of the city.
"Since both centers are being managed by the city government, it is best that they are integrated so that there will be similar forms of training, services and support that will be given," Treñas stated.
Some of the provisions of the executive fiat include subjecting the HFI shall now be subject to all the rules, regulations, and guidelines of TIIC and the integration of its budget with the budget of the Institute.
With Treñas' order, the HFI will now be known as the TIIC -- Bo. Obrero Campus and shall now be considered as the extension campus of the Institute and under the latter's administration.
"We also have plans of further improving the livelihood training and other services of the Bo. Obrero campus by offering vocational courses that will be accredited by the Tesda Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA)," Treñas mentioned.
"The TESDA accreditation will be a big boost to the Bo. Obrero campus since it will now be able to offer opportunities for beneficiaries to work abroad or apply at higher paying jobs," the mayor said.
(EAM/PIO)