FREE TRAINING. Fifty scholars of the Dressmaking National Certificate II course of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority receive their starter tool kits under the Universal Access to Quality Tertiary Education Act in Zamboanga City on Jan. 14, 2022. The agency also offers online programs that can be completed at the students' own pace. (Photo courtesy of TESDA) MANILA - More than 2.14 million Filipinos have registered in the online programs of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) since the start of the pandemic and the implementation of community quarantines in March 2020 until December last year. In an interview on Tuesday, TESDA Director General, Secretary Isidro Lapena, urged enrollment in the TESDA Online Program (TOP) that can be completed at home and at the students' own pace. Lapena said by enrolling in TOP, new skills would be acquired that can create new livelihoods or secure jobs. "We continue to encourage our kababa