The facility, dubbed Tech4Ed Center, was established jointly by the Ministry of Labor and Employment-Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and the Department of Information and Communications Technology. “We are anticipating the participation of many constituents in this online skills and livelihood learning program using only smart phones, without even going out of their homes,” BARMM’s labor minister, Romeo Sema, told reporters Saturday. Sema and a key DICT official, Alimbzar Asum, together inaugurated BARMM’s Tech4Ed Center at the regional office of the labor ministry in Cotabato City last Thursday. MOLE-BARMM officials are expecting a big number of former overseas workers forced by the COVID-19 pandemic to return to the country to enroll in the Tech4Ed Center. Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, local government minister of BARMM, said Saturday they are thankful to the DICT for helping the MOLE-BARMM set-up the online learning facility.

Source: Philippine Star March 13, 2021 06:28 UTC