MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, May 23 (PIA) --- Some 725 residents of Balabagan town, this province, were benefited by the 29 livelihood skills trainings conducted by The Technical Education Skills Development Authority (TESDA), this province.
TESDA Provincial Director Tarhata Mapandi said the trainings which started last February is part of TESDA’s community-based program aimed at creating livelihood opportunities to poor and marginal groups to help themselves and their communities.
The trainings included those on Dressmaking, Cooking, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, Massage Therapy, Bamboo Furniture Making, Carpentry, Small Engine Servicing (motorcycle repair), Organic Fertilizer Making (foliar), Refrigeration Repair, Cellphone Repair, and T-shirt Printing (silkscreen), she said.
Of the trainings, dressmaking had the most number of 158 participants, followed by Cooking with 151, Electrical Installation and Maintenance, 96, Massage Therapy, 84, Bamboo Furniture Making, 50, Carpentry, 52, Small Engine Servicing, 44, Organic Fertilizer Making, 29, Refrigeration Repair, 24, Cellphone Repair, 23, and T-shirt Printing, 14.
Mapandi said the trainings were conducted in Barangays Barorao, Magalalong Occidental, Budas, Igabay, Upper Itil, Lower Itil, Lalabuan, Batuan, Narra, Poblacion, and Banago.
As of press time, she said other skills training are still being conducted in other barangays until all of the barangays in said town are covered.
She also explained that TESDA shoulders the trainer's fee, some equipment, tools, materials and training modules while local government of Balabagan shoulders the consumables and other supplies.
“TESDA supervises and monitors the training in collaboration with J.I. Skills Training Center as the point contact in the training arrangement,” Mapandi further explained.
She was also happy to cite that some of the trainees on Massage Therapy, Small Engine Servicing, Cooking, and Bamboo Furniture Making have generated income and started their own shops. (PIA10)
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