Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc.

Team building at the Naga Valley Industrial Park (NAVA) Cebu City --- PSEFI-SKILLS has committed itself to promote resilience and resourcefulness among its Senior High School students when it first launched Scouting last year, May 16, 2016. This project was proposed and implemented by no less than Primary Structures Corporation's President, Mr. William Liu, Jr. The student-participants were chosen during their enrollment after the interview conducted by SKILLS' Student Affairs Officer. First-aid training The scouts' training started with an orientation about the vision-mission of the school, an overview of the organizational chart of scouting, and the students' responsibilities. A series of training with their corresponding applications were conducted during the intensive training conducted by Head Scout Master Marben Manabat. The scouts were taught the basics of first-aid, basic life support, reading of compass, different types of communicati...

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...

We have a new set of students for the Hilot Wellness Massage NC II course, classes of which kicked-off on April 25, 2017, Tuesday, with Mr. Marison Donaire, RN, as instructor. The classes officially end on May 10, 2017, Wednesday. We have a total of twenty-three (23) students enrolled in the program, 9 of whom are Deaf. We are grateful to the Gualandi Mission for the Deaf, with Rev. Fr. Donald Abiichinomso as point-person, for making it possible for their Deaf beneficiaries to take part in this training program. Mainstreaming the Deaf in technical-vocational instruction is considered to be a big achievement in any educational institution. The official Deaf interpreter for the whole training duration provided by Gualandi was Bro. Romnick. Hilot Wellness Massage NC II qualification consists of competencies that a person must achieve to plan the hilot wellness program of their clients, provide them pre-service, apply hilot wellness massage techniques and provide post-advice on ...

The participants to the APEC workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand PSEFI-SKILLS' very own graduate, Ms. Myrna Pitaluna-Alngog, represented the country via the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) as its Ambassadress for tech-voc training opportunities for women. Myrna is currently working in Primary Structures Corporation's (PSC) Manufacturing Department.  Following are excerpts from the report she made focusing on the outcomes of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Workshop held in Bangkok, Thailand from March 6-7, 2017: Myrna before her presentation One hundred women and men from across APEC economies and partner organizations met in Thailand for a workshop on improving quality employment opportunities for women. A particular focus was placed on strategies to empower low-skilled women and those who may be caught in low-quality jobs, to steer progress toward the development goals agreed by economic leaders such as those in the 201...

Participants of the AFOS-organized seminar on Advocacy, Communication Planning and Media Relations February 16, 2017, Thursday --- AFOS Foundation for Entrepreneurial Development Cooperation, in coordination with the Cebu Chamber of Commerce, Inc. organized a one-day seminar seeking to improve the ways with which we communicate and share the good news in our respective organizations.  Dubbed as, "Communication Enhancements and Planning Workshop," held yesterday at Montebello Villa Hotel in Banilad, Cebu City, the event was attended by over 20 partners and stakeholders from the education/academe, business/private and public/government sectors, all affiliated with AFOS Foundation, Inc., a German foundation founded by the members of the Federation of Catholic Entrepreneurs. This seminar aims to give its partners relevant inputs on how to communicate what they do effectively, using all forms of media at their disposal. Promoting the Senior High School/K to 12 Program Im...

Cebu City --- We were fortunate to have been featured once more over at DYKC-Kusog Cebu's Tinubdan sa Kalambuan radio program (675 KHz) of Mr. Jefferson "Ka Jeffrox" Cal and Ms. "A" Angus yesterday, February 9, 2017, Thursday, with Engr. Steve Y. Banzon, our Technical Training Director, and Dr. Eunice B. Raz, Academic Director, as special guests. We were given almost an hour of air time promoting PSEFI-SKILLS' Tech-Voc and Senior High School Programs. Engr. Banzon and Dr. Raz talked about how students, i.e. Grade 10 finishers, out-of-school youth can avail of free education and training to be a certified tech-voc graduate through PSEFI-SKILLS' Senior High School offerings under the Industrial Arts and Home Economics programs. Carpentry, Masonry, Plumbing, Tile Setting are the courses that fall under Industrial Arts, while Housekeeping and Hilot Wellness Massage comprise the courses under Home Economics.  It was stressed that there is no appare...

SKILLS graduates who took up Hilot, Housekeeping and EIM Argao, Cebu --- We had a total of sixty-four (64) successful trainees for the mobile training in Hilot Wellness Massage NC II, Housekeeping NC II and Electrical Installation & Maintenance NC II conducted from October to December 2016 in the Municipality of Argao. Our trainees graduated last January 25, 2017, Wednesday at the Argao Sports Complex. With them were other finishers from the Cebu Technological University-Argao who took up Dressmaking, Bread & Pastry Production and Cookery. The graduation was graced by Hon. Stanley S. Caminero, municipal mayor of Argao, together with Mr. Dexter Gimena, Regional Convergence Coordinator of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD), representing DSWD's Regional Director Ma. Evelyn B. Macapobre. Dr. Juanita Piñote, CTU Campus Director and Mrs. Jima Bejagan, Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB) and Local Anti-Poverty Program (LAPP) Coordinator,  were also among those ...

Mr. Jeffrey Cal (middle) with Dr. Cabangon and Ms. Michelle Salon Mandaue City --- Dr. Bobby M. Cabangon, PSEFI-SKILLS' Academic Director, and Ms. Michelle C. Salon, Marketing and Project Officer, were the guests of Mr. Jeffrey "Ka Jeffrox" Cal, radio program host of Tinubdan sa Kalamboan (Spring of Success) 675 KHz last May 20, 2016, Friday, to promote SKILLS' Senior High School program and the Tech-Voc Scholarships that are being offered this school year. The show is aired from Mondays to Fridays, at 2-3 pm. School enrollment for Senior High is still ongoing this week of May 30-June 3. Classes begin on June 6, Monday. There are already about 160 students enrolled in the program. Meanwhile, SKILLS continues to look for qualified applicants for its Tech-Voc scholarships sponsored by TESDA. Interested parties who wish to study Carpentry, Masonry, Heavy Equipment Operations in Forklift, Hydraulic Excavator, Tower Crane, Warehouse Operations, Household Services and...

Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc. (PSEFI) was very fortunate to have been granted a senior expert from PUM Netherlands, Ms. Janny Berends, who arrived here in Cebu on the last week of March in order to conduct a Beauty and Wellness Training on International Massage for two weeks. Training started in SKILLS campus last April 4 (Monday) and ended on April 15 (Friday). PUM Netherlands is an international, non-profit organization established by the Dutch Employers' Federation with financial support from the Kingdom of the Netherlands' Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They have assisted over 35,000 organizations worldwide through technical experts who have large networks in the business world, plus extensive international experience. The ten-day training covered the following topics: Basic Massage Strokes and Whole Body Massage, International Facial Massage, Bentosa and Bamboo Massage, and Spinal Muscle Test and Analysis. The training was participated in by...

Tuburan scholars with PSEFI-SKILLS Management and Staff Twenty-five (25) scholars from the Municipality of Tuburan graduated from their Housekeeping NC II course last March 21, 2016, Monday, held at the Tuburan Sports Complex. This was the 24th Culminating Activity of PSEFI-SKILLS. The graduates are all scholars of the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) spearheaded by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). Tuburan Mayor, Hon. Democrito Diamante, was represented by Municipal Administrator, Mr. Roy Talaugon. PSEFI-SKILLS was headed by Dr. Maritess H. Requina, Executive Director and Engr. Steve Y. Banzon, Technical Training Director. Joining the Management were Mr. Marben C. Manabat, Housekeeping NC II Head Trainer, Ms. Rhea A. Cedeño, PSEFI-SKILLS School Registrar, and Ms. Michelle C. Salon, Marketing and Project Development Officer. The testimonial was given by Ms. Alma Fernandez, Tuburan scholars' batch representative. The graduates prep...

The students with Ms. Pura Arriola of TESDA There were twenty-seven (27) PSEFI-SKILLS Housekeeping students from the Municipality of Dalaguete who recently passed TESDA's NC II assessment, held at the Housekeeping laboratory of SKILLS campus last February 22-24, 2016. TESDA Assessor, Ms. Pura S. Arriola, conducted the said assessment. This three-day activity was facilitated by Mr. Marben C. Manabat and Ms. Juliet Labora, trainers of the Hospitality Training Center (HTC). These students from Dalaguete started their Housekeeping training last December 7, 2015, and were deployed for On-the-Job Training in selected tourism establishments here in Cebu City. And the good news is that all 27 students passed the Housekeeping NC II assessment! Congratulations, students! You made us and the Municipality of Dalaguete really proud! The graduation of our Housekeeping NC II students will be held tomorrow, March 10, 2016, Thursday, 1:00 pm at the Multipurpose Hall of Dalaguete.