The President Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Filipino Workers Award

The Search for the President Ramon Magsaysay Outstanding Filipino Workers Award (PRMOFWA) is one of the most prestigious awards being given by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA). The precursor of said award is the Laang Bisig Award started by the then National Manpower Youth Council (NMYC) in 1976. Since TESDA is tasked to strengthen and promote the quality of technical education and skills development, the PRMOFWA was institutionalized thru Executive Order No. 411 issued on May 1, 1997 and was named after President Ramon Magsaysay, who was once an automotive mechanic.

 With the late President Magsaysay as the model and inspiration, the Award focuses on giving recognition to successful TVET graduates who has achieved success in their chosen fields and enjoyed the dignity that comes from productive labor. They are those who have achieved exemplary performance in the application of the competencies gained from their education and training and who have continuously upgraded themselves though the practice of lifelong learning. The latter may be either through non-formal seminars and training or through formal higher education.

For 2007, there are 19 regional awardees compelling for the two national awards, one for the wage-employee category and one for the self-employee category.

Mr. Nelson Mendoza

Hereto is a story of a man who started his career as an ordinary worker in a shoe factory and rose to become the Chief Executive Officer of CSTC College, Inc. His, is a real life drama of hard – earned triumphs over poverty and other obstacles which threatened to prevent the man from fulfilling his desire to discover what was beyond this simple living he had.

As an administrator of a technical – vocational institution, Mr. Nelson D. Mendoza is driven by a strong desire to make education more responsive to the need for real reformation and development of students in the community to be globally competitive. He never ceased in implementing innovative programs that cater to a diverse student population.

As an educational manager, he is an achiever. He has multiplied his achievements, inspired by his vision to make a highly technological community of computer literate people from his own town and nearby. He has made changes not only in the physical aspect of our town, having the first TECH-VOC, but more so in the outlook and values of people. He is a visionary who is deeply committed to quality education, develops people and provides opportunities for advancement by giving employment, local and abroad, to his graduates. He, actually, has strong public relations with the community.