PINUKPUK, Kalinga -- Seventy-five residents
including drug surrenderees in a remote village
here gained new skills through the Technical
Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA).
Artemio Jose Jr.,
Provincial Training Center (PTC) head, said 50 drug-surrenderees in
Ammacian, this town completed their training on
masonry and driving with 25 trainees each.
Another 25 individuals
from Barangays Balantoy in Balbalan were also trained on masonry.
“Conducting training to drug surrenderees help them reform and to become productive citizens. Bringing training to the grassroots for interested constituents including dependents, relatives and barrio-mates of rebels also serve as invitation for NPA members to come down join the mainstream society and obtain skills to start livelihood and earn a living,” Jose Jr. explained.
“The training intervention conducted form part of TESDA’s contribution to the “Whole of Nation Approach” of ending local communist armed conflict in the country, he added.
“Conducting training to drug surrenderees help them reform and to become productive citizens. Bringing training to the grassroots for interested constituents including dependents, relatives and barrio-mates of rebels also serve as invitation for NPA members to come down join the mainstream society and obtain skills to start livelihood and earn a living,” Jose Jr. explained.
“The training intervention conducted form part of TESDA’s contribution to the “Whole of Nation Approach” of ending local communist armed conflict in the country, he added.
Both barangays are
NPA-affected villages.
In another
development, Rex Laguinday of Pinukpuk Vocational School who represented the
Cordillera Administrative Region in the Luzon Zonal Skills Competition
won silver on cabinet making.(JDP/PAB-PIA CAR, Kalinga)
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