President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo said that there’s a great demand for butchers overseas and it is continuously increasing not only in Australia but all over the world.

About P700 million is allotted by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for job creation scholarships for high paying jobs including butchery.  

“We have tens of thousands of job orders for butchers, and so we want to concentrate our training on this high-paying occupation,” the president said.

The president also said that she targets unemployed Filipinos who are in their   middle-age to become butchers. She also ordered some 150 city mayors to submit the names of their scholars so they could be given priority for job training.

“Part of the P700 million will be used to provide at least one scholarship for every village,” Mrs. Arroyo said.

“This will broaden the well-spring of Filipino talent and excellence for well-paid employment,” she added.

Aside from butchery, there is also scholarship program for welders, seafarers, and call center agents.

Below are the job openings for butcher posted in WorkAbroad.ph.