Matters such as budget increase, accomplishments and upcoming events, institutional policies and challenges, highlighted the first Quarter Meeting of the officials of RTC-KorPhil Davao with its TTI Advisory Council (TAC) on March 20, 2025 at the Amethyst Hall, The Pinnacle Hotel and Suites, Davao City.
Year 1 accomplishment in IDP
Administrator Engr. Constantino B. Panes Jr. Ed.D presented the 2024-2028 Institutional Development Plan (IDP), sharing the first year mileage of the 5-year plan of the Center. The TAC lauded those which are satisfactorily accomplished but advised to take all necessary steps to ensure the fulfillment of those unachieved targets of 2024. With this, the Center was reminded to strategize ways for the accomplishment of the targets so expressly declared in the plan for the coming years.
Call for ₱10M budget increase in 2026
The TAC has expressed full support to the Center’s call to a Php 19M budget for 2026, a Php10M increase form the Php9.9M allocation for 2025. TAC Chairperson Ms. Belinda I. Torres, MSIS, shared that the Center must justify the proposed budget with Administrative Head Mr. Aenon Prince A. Alporte explaining that the increase will shoulder the towering cost of repairing some Center’s facilities as well as implementation of the projects proposed from previous years.
Drop out in Diploma Programs
Training Department Head Mr. Mario M. dela Cerna, MTE presented statistics of increasing drop out among the 3-year Diploma of Technology trainees as surveyed by the offices of scholarship and registrar naming absenteeism, financial and family problems, health concerns, among others as principal causes why trainees stop schooling. The TAC suggested policies the likes of embedded remediation, enhanced admission process, and capacity-building for trainers as possible additional measures to arrest the growing number of dropouts.
Institutional Review Committees
The Council also accepted the composition of the committees established by the Center to review the Competency-Based Learning Materials (CBLM), Institutional Assessment, and Entrance Exam Instruments. The acceptance sent strong confidence to the newly installed committees for the review and improvement of the documents vital in the training delivery of the Center. TAC member Dr. John Mark S. Francisco advised that printed outputs such as CBLM may be protected via copyright of the Intellectual Property Code. Dr. Francisco pledged to guide the Center for copyright application.
Calendar of Activities
TAC Secretariat and TESD Specialist II Ms. Alanah Tamarah Millan presented the calendar showing the various activities and engagements of the Center for the entire year of 2025, which the TAC members supported.
Others Matters
DHVACT Head Trainer Mr. Eugene Valdez reported in the meeting about the upcoming ASEAN Skills Competition which shall be hosted by the Philippines to attract more than 20,000 crowd as estimated by organizers from the different participating countries in the ASEAN region. TAC members lauded Davao Region for emerging as over-all champion in the Philippine National Skills Competition with KorPhil contributing 2 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze. With this, the TAC endorsed the resolution appropriating funds for the supplies and materials of the competitions as well as incentives for the competitors.
Meanwhile, Industry Coordinator Mr. Joel A. Atablanco informed the council that the Center will send its trainers around June to July 2025 for Industry Immersions to further their qualifications
