(Contributed photo) MANILA - Lawmakers have renewed the call for public secondary schools to establish job placement centers that will help graduates choose a career path suitable to their skills and preferences. Senate Bill 1689 or the Trabaho (Job) Centers in Schools Act, filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo, will mandate the placement offices to coordinate with the provincial, city, or municipal Public Employment Service Offices (PESO), with supervision from the Department of Education (DepEd). "The State recognizes the need to prepare the youth in choosing the career tracks that they intend to pursue and to aid in matching senior high school students with career opportunities after graduation," read Tulfo's bill. A similar bill was filed in the House of Representatives last year by Laguna 1st District Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag to "enhance the employability of high school graduates." Former senator Bam Aquino's version in 2016 also sought to address unemp
(Contributed photo) MANILA - Lawmakers have renewed the call for public secondary schools to establish job placement centers that will help graduates choose a career path suitable to their skills and preferences. Senate Bill No. \1689 or the Trabaho (Job) Centers in Schools Act, filed by Senator Raffy Tulfo, will mandate the placement offices to coordinate with the provincial, city, or municipal Public Employment Service Offices (PESO), with supervision from the Department of Education (DepEd). "The State recognizes the need to prepare the youth in choosing the career tracks that they intend to pursue and to aid in matching senior high school students with career opportunities after graduation," read Tulfo's bill. A similar bill was filed in the House of Representatives last year by Laguna 1st District Rep. Ma. Rene Ann Lourdes Matibag to "enhance the employability of high school graduates." Former senator Bam Aquino's version in 2016 also sought to address