The proposed ordinance creating a Negros Occidental Language and Information Technology Center got favorable endorsements at a hearing of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Committee on Education chaired by Board Member Emilio Yulo III yesterday.

The program, described as a legacy program of Governor Joseph Marañon and Vice Governor Isidro Zayco, was passed on first reading, and the hearing was held yesterday preparatory to the second reading, Yulo said.

A P5.3 million budget from the provincial government is being proposed to operate the center.

The target is for a training center that will provide free English and I.T. training to teachers and students in public schools and the out-of-school youth to be operational by June, Yulo said. 

At the hearing, Hiede Bianzon, English Division Supervisor of the Department of Education Negros Occidental who expressed the DepEd’s all out support for the training center.

“We are thankful to the governor for his support to our English program”, she also said.

Romelia Nuesca, head of the scholarship department of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority in Negros,   said the center is in consonance with their IT industry priority sector program.  TESDA is willing to tie up with the province in providing scholarships for qualified students, she said.

Rich Loveland, site director of Teleperformance – Bacolod, affirmed the support of his firm in the creation of the center.

Nilda Monge, principal of the Negros Occidental High School, said the center will be an interim step towards giving hope to the out-of-school youth

Representatives from Carlos Hilado Memorial State College, Binalbagan Catholic College, Technological University of the Philippines, and La Carlota City College also signified support for the program at the hearing.*CPG

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