English: Villanueva also cited the seemingly slow pace of filling up nearly 500,000 scholarship slots under the current year budget. The lawmaker sought from TESDA a catch-up plan for the agency to fill up 333,919 scholarship slots as of September 30, 2021, considering that the agency was able to enroll 158,966 scholars in the first nine months of the year, or about 43 percent.
Filipino: Pinunto rin ng senador ang tila mabagal na pagpuno sa halos 500,000 scholarship slots na bahagi ng TESDA budget ngayong taon. Hiniling rin niya ang malinaw na catch-up plan para punan ang bakanteng 333,919 scholarship slots sa nalalabing tatlong buwan na taon. Ayon sa datos ng TESDA, nakapagpasok sila ng 158,966 na scholars, o 43 percent ng kanilang target, sa pagitan ng Enero hanggang Setyembre ngayong taon.