MANILA, Philippines — The law allows the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) to have only two deputy director generals, but it has five.
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva sounded the alarm on Tuesday on the excess deputy director generals appointed in the agency.
Under the Tesda Act of 1994, the president can only designate two on the recommendation of the Tesda board.
“We have four and just recently, we appointed another deputy director general. My question is, do we need additional deputy director generals?” Villanueva asked during the Senate plenary session about the proposed national budget for 2023.
The senator also noted that Labor Sec…
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