Davao de Oro --- Fifty members of Indigenous Peoples (IPs) in the province received free skills training from Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to uplift their lives and to be equipped with the necessary skills that would qualify them for work.
The recent training was held in Bryg. Upper Ulip, Monkayo, Davao de Oro.
TESDA's objective of providing skills training program to all sectors is anchored on their TESDA Abot Lahat program.
Twenty-five IPs recipients for Electrical Installation and Maintenance (EIM) under the Training for Work Scholarship Program (TWSP) while twenty-five IPs granted for Carpentry under Community-Based Training.
The program was in partnership with Davao National Agricultural School (DNAS) of Montevista and Korea Philippines Vocational Training Center of Davao City which provided the skills training.
An orientation on social distancing, wearing face masks, and other health protocols were implemented to edify IPs on how to protect themselves from dreadful effects brought by COVID-19 pandemic.
More training awaits and to be implemented in Upper Ulip including Masonry and Construction Painting to complete the construction of the AGAK Center as a multi-purpose hall.
Meanwhile, forty-eight Rice Extension Services Program (RESP) scholars who took Modified Farmers Field School on Modernized Production of High Quality Inbred Rice and Seed Certification received their training allowances last month. (Rheafe Hortizano, ID Davao De Oro – Photos by TESDA Davao de Oro)
