Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc.

Ma'am Paulette with Ms. Melanie Ng (leftmost), CCCI President Cebu City --- PSEFI-SKILLS' COO, Mrs. Paulette D. Liu, was the speaker of the Industry-Academe Workshop organized by the Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) last April 25, 2017, Tuesday, at the Cebu City Marriott Hotel and last May 11, 2017, Thursday, held at SKILLS' Multipurpose Hall. Other Management Staff representing PSEFI-SKILLS were Dr. Maritess H. Requina, Executive Director, Dr. Eunice B. Raz, Academic Director, and Dr. Leovi Gilda Bithay, Senor High School Head Teacher. During the industry-academe workshop at Marriott Hotel         This workshop is part of a series of mini-conferences between academe and industry representatives to discuss how the national educational reforms of the country are affecting the industry and its workforce, and to explore how industry players can collaborate with the academe to prepare senior high school students and graduates for work. The main to...

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...

Engr. Steve Y. Banzon (2nd from left), PSEFI-SKILLS Technical Training Director at the Tzu Chi Foundation Training Center in Manila Cebu City --- Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc. (PSEFI) and Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation-Philippines (BTCHP), are now partners in furthering humanitarian work in the country through education and training opportunities for the poor and the marginalized in society. The Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between these two foundations was signed on September 26, 2016 here in Cebu City.  Engr. Steve Y. Banzon. PSEFI-SKILLS' Technical Training Director, went to Manila in October and December 2016 to visit the training facilities of Tzu Chi Foundation. He was with Primary Structures Corporation's (PSC) Manufacturing Department Head, Mr. Jerry D. Años.  Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation (BTCHP) is a non-profit, volunteer-based and spiritual organization that aims to contribute to better social and community services. It is committed to gi...

Cebu City --- Primary Structures Educational Foundation, Inc. (PSEFI) held its 25th Culminating Activity last September 16, 2016, Friday, 1-3 pm, at the SKILLS Multipurpose Hall. The special guests of this event were Lt. Col. Meliton C. Reyes, Assistant Chief of Education and Training of the Armed Forces of the Philippines-Visayas and Engr. Jerry D. Años, Head of the Manufacturing Department of Primary Structures Corporation (PSC). The trainers who graced the occasion were Engr. Lea Babor and Mr. Dennis Pareja of PSC; Engr. Teddy M. Taray and Mr. Marben C. Manabat, RN of PSEFI-SKILLS. Representing the school administration were Mrs. Paulette D. Liu, COO; Dr. Eunice B. Raz, Academic Director, and Engr. Steve Y. Banzon, Technical Training Director. We had the following number of graduates: Housekeeping NC II -  32 ; Carpentry NC II - 44; Masonry NC II - 45; Heavy Equipment Operations (HEO) Rough Terrain Crane NC II - 17; HEO Tower Crane - 28; HEO Forklift NC II - 10; HEO Hydraul...

Ms. Mitziel Toledo (holding the framed certificate) at SWU-Phinma's Aznar Coliseum with Grade 11 students of the tech-voc track PSEFI-SKILLS' Senior High School Guidance Counselor, Mrs. Mitziel Toledo, represented the foundation last August 5, 2016, Friday, 1-5 pm, to be the main speaker for the Career Orientation Talk organized by Southwestern University-PHINMA for its Senior High School - Grade 11 students. Dubbed as "Know Your Career," the activity was held at SWU-PHINMA's Aznar Coliseum. SWU-PHINMA's Placement Manager, Ms. Jo C. Cartalla, spearheaded the event which was meant to enlighten the technical-vocational track candidates of their Senior High School program. There were about 65 students who attended the said activity. SWU-Phinma's Ms. Jo C. Cartalla, Placement Manager (right) awarding the certificate of appreciation to Ms. Mitziel Ms. Mitziel took the chance to make the students aware of what tech-voc education provides by talki...