STATE OF THE NATION ADDRESS 2013

            Last, July 22, 2013 at the Session Hall of the Representatives, Batasang Pambansa Complex, Quezon City, President Benigno S. Aquino III delivered his fourth State of the Nation Address (SONA). the SONA 2013, lasted for 1 hour and 40 minutes, at 55 pages, and was considered his longest address since he was elected to post on 2010.

           There are 2 main topic that he had talk about in his speech, which are: "Tamang daan na Tinatahak" where he talked about the last election where 9 seats out of 12 of the candidates he endorsed, occupied the highest 9 seats in the senate, and also his accomplishments for the past three years of his administration. And one of his topics is the TESDA-DOLE scholarship. The total of 403,521 students estimated that six out of ten scholars land a job, which posed a significant increase from the employment rate among TESDA scholars in the past years.

            And he said, "Noong araw po, ayon sa pag-aaral ng DBM noong 2006 hanggang 2008, ang nakakahanap ng trabaho sa mga napagtapos TESDA: 28.5 percent lamang. Noong lumipas na taon naman po: sa IT-BPO program, 70.9 percent ang unemployment rate ng ating mga nagtapos sa TESDA. Sa electronics and semiconductor program naman, umabot sa 85 percent na mga nagtapos noong 2012 ang nagkatrabaho. Malinaw po: Kayo mismo ang huhubog, kayo mismo ang magdidikta kung hinog at matamis ang bungang kolektibo nating pipitasin, o kung magiging bulok at katiting ang kahihinatnan ng mga pagkakataong bumubukas sa kabanatang ito ng ating kasaysayan."

            Also, he tackled the "Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program", "Educational Reforms", "Agricultural Reforms", "Health Programs", "Readiness in Calamities", "Housing Programs", "Enhancement at the Armed Forces and Police", "Secure and Fair Elections", "Peace and Order Situation in Mindanao", "Enhanced Tourism Industry", " Economic Growth", and "Issues that he thinks need to be done".