Tacloban City, Aug. 7 -- The Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) will build a PHP172.14-million innovation center here funded by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to produce more skilled workers in the Eastern Visayas region.

The facility, designed to improve technical-vocational skills development in welding, steel fabrication, and farm mechanization, will be located within the TESDA regional office complex and is expected to be completed by September 2026.

TESDA Director General Jose Francisco Benitez on Thursday said the three-story building is envisioned as a center of excellence that supports rural transformation through technology-driven, industry-aligned technical and vocational education and training (TVE...