The PGMA-TWSP is a facility to provide the necessary supply to address the skills demand of the industries. Specifically, it aims to provide skills and competencies to job seekers through appropriate training programs that directly connected to existing jobs for immediate employment. It also seeks to empower private education and training institutions to offer relevant training programs that meet job requirements.


To realize the objectives of this program, the President provided an initial P500 million which will fund 100,000 full or partial scholarship grants to high school graduates, those employed but ready for a career change, underemployed or unemployed, with or without experience and ready to undergo training in the selected priority sectors and other sectors with identifed highly critical skills requirements namely:

* Agribusiness(butcher);
* Cyberservices(Animator, Legal/Medical Transcriptionist, Software Developer, Call Center Agent),
* Aviation (Aviation Technician/Mechanic, Ground Equipment Operator),
* Metals Engineering (Gas Metal Arc Welders),
* Construction (Heavy equipment Operators),
* Health and Social Services (Massage Therapists, Spa Therapists, Pinoy Hilot, Biomedical Equipment Technician),
* Hotel and Restaurant Management (Barista and Cooks/Chef),
* Support Programs (National TVET Trainors/Assessors Qualification Program, Pre Assessment of CCAs and Medical Transcriptionists), and
* Special Programs (Special employment Program for Mindanao, Disabled Soldiers (DND), Livelihood or Training Program for OFWs)