For a day, residents of select towns in Laguna had a taste of pampering and looking good without paying a peso. Thanks to technical vocational (tech-voc) training graduates, who were organized by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) at Barangay Mayondon in Los Banos to show off their skills and give free services to the community. On the same day, in the cities of San Pedro and Calamba, a new batch of graduates received their training certificates and toolkits as they prepare to start a career. "Our goal is having a pool of skilled workers coming out of the tech-

TESDA Batangas and Dep Ed Batangas division have just launched the K-12 Curriculum Provincial Summit last October 30, 2014 at the University of Batangas, Batangas City. The summit aimed at enlightening the TESDA schools and centers with the qualifications covered under k -12. About 120 school administrators and registrars  attended the summit. Dr Carlito Rocafort, the SDS of DepEd Batangas division intoned that this is the first ever provincial summit conducted at CALABARZON involving DepEd officials and TVIs.

About 75 TESDA graduates of Consumer Electronics Services (CES) NCII and Food and Beverage Services (FBS) NCII received their livelihood starter tool kits from DOLE last Oct 21, 2014 at Padre Garcia Municipal Hall.