Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc.

Cebu City --- April 7, 2017, Friday, was a prodigious day for us in PSEFI-SKILLS as we witnessed nineteen (19) of our Pilot Class Senior High School (Grade 12) students graduate from four (4) construction trades: Carpentry NC II, Masonry NC II, Tile Setting NC II and Plumbing NC II. PSEFI-SKILLS is the first tech-voc institution in the country to pilot the Senior High School (SHS) Program for the Tech-Voc Track under the construction sector. This special project is in partnership the Department of Education's (DepEd) Cebu City Division Office, the AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation as funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Zapatera National High School and the Cebu Contractor's Association. AFOS sponsored an initial number of 24 students to advance in Grades 11 and 12. The students took up Carpentry and Masonry for Grade 11 and Tile Setting and Plumbing...

The PPR Mission Team with the PSEFI-SKILLS Management Yesterday, February 18, 2016, Thursday, we were so glad to welcome the the K-12 Plus Project Progress Review (PPR) Mission Team headed by independent consultants Mr. Rolf Speit and Mr. Lorenzo Templonuevo. Mrs. Paulette D. Liu, COO, Dr. Maritess H. Requina, Executive Director, and Dr. Bryant C. Acar, Academic Director, received the Mission Team and their staff. The Cebu Chamber Commerce and Industry (CCCI) and AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation has given its support to PSEFI-SKILLS, as it started its Senior High School (SHS) Program last June 2015. CCCI and AFOS aim to assist the ongoing education and training reform of the Philippines with particular focus on piloting the K-12 Plus Project as a multi-stakeholder initiative for the benefit of the Industry, of the youth and their families. Among the identified focus industry sectors of the K-12 Plus in Cebu is the Construction sector. Thus PSEFI-S...