TESDA Director General, Secretary Irene Isaac, was at the Jacobo Z. Gonzales Memorial School of Arts and Trades (JZGMSAT) in Biñan, Laguna last February 10, 2016 to inaugurate the new TESDA-Samsung Electronics Products Assembly and Servicing Training Laboratory.  The laboratory is the product of a tripartite partnership among TESDA, Samsung Electronics Philippines, Corporation (SEPCO), and Foundation for Information Technology Education and Development, Inc. (FIT-ED) which aims to provide training on various technical and vocational trades to the Filipino youth and, produce globally competitive and outstanding technical-vocational education and training (TVET) graduates with skills that are aligned with needs of the consumer electronics industry.

TESDA Secretary Irene Isaac (third from right) and Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation Public Affairs Head, Arlita Tayko-Narag (left) unveil the engraved signage of the new TESDA-Samsung Electronics Products Assembly and Servicing Training Laboratory at the Jacobo Z. Gonzales Memorial School of Arts and Trades (JZGMSAT) in Biñan, Laguna as TESDA Laguna Provincial Director Pascual Arriola (right) and JZGMSAT Administrator Benito Reyes look on.

TESDA Secretary Irene Isaac (seated, center), Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation Public Affairs Head, Arlita Tayko-Narag (seated, center right), TESDA Laguna Provincial Director Pascual Arriola (seated, left), NITESD Assistant Executive Director Felicidad Zurbano and JZGMSAT Administrator Benito Reyes (right) pose inside the new TESDA-Samsung Electronics Products Assembly and Servicing Training Laboratory with the first batch of trainees (seated, in white), several JZGMSAT trainers and representatives from the local government.

A trainee demonstrates her newly-acquired skills in Electronics Products Assembly and Servicing (EPAS) NC II as TESDA Secretary Irene Isaac (third from right), Samsung Electronics Philippines Corporation Public Affairs Head, Arlita Tayko-Narag (right), TESDA Laguna Provincial Director Pascual Arriola (fifth from right), and JZGMSAT Administrator Benito Reyes (second from right) look on.