Technical-vocational education will be implemented starting this schoolyear, for selected 140 technical-vocational and trade schools in the country, the Department of Education said in a report.

DepEd said it concluded Friday a three-week related training for 1,539 technical-vocational teachers held at various regional training centers.

The training aims to upgrade the technical and vocational skills of TVE teachers and equip them with the needed tools to handle the job.

DepEd requires TVE teachers to acquire a National Certificate Level 1 or 2 in their field of specialization.

It said it expects that by school year 2009-2010, the number of tech-voc schools in the country will increase to 261.

DepEd also said they need to provide high school students the skills demanded by the labor market so that they can be employed even if they don't finish college.

Priority areas covered by the curriculum for arts and trade schools are electrical technology, welding, computer technology, information and communications technology and software skills and technical drawing.

For agricultural schools, the focus will be on vegetable production, food processing, animal production and crop production while in fishery schools, fish capture, fish culture and processing.*

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