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Apprenticeship is a good program to Ph: Sen. Win Gatchalian stresses the need to strengthen the enterprise-based program in the country during the continuation of the marathon plenary session on the proposed 2022 national budget Tuesday, November 16, 2021. Compared with many European nations, Gatchalian noted that the apprenticeship program in the country is rather weak. He urged the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to ponder on strategies to increase the enterprise-based program. “I truly believe that apprenticeship is a good program for the country, considering that underemployment is quite high, and job-mismatch is quite high. This is a way for new graduates who wanted to work right away, to land a job right away,” Gatchalian said. (Henzberg Austria/Senate PRIB)