regional school heads & guidance counselors’ congress august 14, 2015 the farm @ carpenter...
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Regional School Heads & Guidance Counselors’ Congress
August 14, 2015The Farm @ Carpenter Hill,
Koronadal City
DA RFO-12
- Developing a functional Apprenticeship Scheme and Institution-based Training on SHS-Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL)
Track-Agri-Fishery; and
- Aligning agency’s Technical Assistance on Trainers’ Training of Teachers;
- Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Agriculture and Fishery for qualified and interested students (preferably IPs); and
- Promotion of Edible Landscaping particularly among IP schools
Under the Senior High School Partnership Accountability Framework, DA has these
commitments:
DA RFO-12 INITIATIVES IN SUPPORT TO K TO
12 SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (SHS) AS STIPULATED IN THE PARTNERSHIP ACCOUNTABILITY FRAMEWORK
• DA RFO 12 intends to utilize its research and experiment stations (RESes) as training grounds for the Apprenticeship Program;
• Moreover, DA RFO 12 will be offering viable topics and/or short courses for those Senior High School (SHS) students who wish to engage in agriculture; and
• DA RFO- 12 will issue a Certificate of Competency/Completion after SHS trainings which they could use in seeking for National Certificates (NC) from TESDA.
Developing a functional Apprenticeship Scheme and Institution-based Training on SHS-Technical-Vocational Livelihood (TVL) Track-
Agri-Fishery
COMMITMENT NUMBER 1
TOPICS TO BE OFFEREDSHORT-TERM TOPICS DA RES/UNIT
ASSIGNEDPOINT PERSON/S
1. Nursery Management (sexual/asexual propagation)
Balindog RES, NC
Tupi RES, SC
Rebecca Boholst
Lolita Tomas
2. Management of Tissue Culture Laboratories - Banana - Mushroom - White Potato
Balindog RES, NC
Tupi RES, SC
Madel Gaspan
Marcela Necesito
3. Mass Production of Bio-control Agents - Trichogramma - Metarhizium
Regional Crops Protection Center, Tacurong City
Dina Casa
4. Rubber Production Aroman RES, Carmen, NC
Chito dela Cruz
TOPICS TO BE OFFEREDSHORT-TERM TOPICS DA RES/UNIT
ASSIGNEDPOINT PERSON/S
5. Soil Analysis and Production of Bio-N Fertilizers
Amas RES, NC Engr. Nadia Gayanandang
6. Organic Agriculture (vermi-composting)
Balindog RES, NC
Tupi RES, SC Marcela Necesito
7. Animal Production(small & large ruminants)
Aroman RES, Carmen, NC
Dr. Neil Doton
8. Food Processing - Meat & its by-products - Cassava - Banana
Animal Products & By-products Unit, Koronadal City
Dr. Shiela Laña
PROPOSED OPERATIONAL PLANTIME/DURATION ACTIVITY
JUNE – JULY 2016 Close coordination with DepEd as to the following information:- List of Students who will undergo the
Apprenticeship Program- Scheduling per Batch- Orientation of the Students
AUGUST 2016 Start of the Training
- Once DA RFO 12 has received the final listing of the students who will take-up the topics above, they will be scheduled by batch.
- For example: Tupi RES will only facilitate a maximum of 30 students per batch. Every batch will undergo rigid trainings on the topics that they chose in a span of one month.
- Free of charge on accommodation and facility but not on food and allowance
PROPOSED OPERATIONAL PLAN
TIME/DURATION ACTIVITYSEPTEMBER – MARCH 2016
Continuation of the Series of Training
- At the start of the School Year, there would have a new batch of students monthly. Therefore, a total of 8 batches or 240 students could be given the Certificates of Completion, which could be the basis of TESDA in the provision of National Certificate (NC).
DA RFO 12 is willing to sponsor trainers’ training of teachers for:
A.Organic Vegetable Production
B. Food Processing
Options: 1. DA will be the one to conduct
2. Through invitation by DepEd as resource persons
Aligning agency’s Technical Assistance on Trainers’ Training of Teachers
COMMITMENT NUMBER 2
COMMITMENT NUMBER 3
Comprehensive Scholarship Program for Agriculture and Fishery for qualified and
interested students (preferably IPs)
As to date, DA RFO 12 has more than 120 scholars under the Agricultural Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ACEF).
After undergoing the Apprenticeship Program, Senior High School who wish to pursue agriculture-related courses could be recommended by the regional office to avail of the ACEF scholarship
Besides DA-ACEF, BFAR and ATI are also offering college scholarships
COMMITMENT NUMBER 4
Though, DA RFO 12 has been implementing edible landscaping project in its research & experiment stations, it still plans to widen its scope by adopting and establishing edible landscape gardens among IP schools.
AREA: Convergence area (to be identified)DATE: Sometime in July 2016
Promotion of Edible Landscaping particularly among IP schools
NEXT STEPS BY DA RFO-12
1. Levelling-off with the DepEd as to the mechanics of K to 12 – Senior High School (SHS) implementation;
2. Consultation with TESDA as to the guidelines in the provision of National Certificates (NC) and the need for the DA RFO-12 to seek an accreditation (including its lecturers) from their office;
NEXT STEPS BY DA RFO-12
3. Orientation to the DA RFO-12 personnel involved in the program; and
4. Preparation of curricular modules for the topics.
BRIDGE THE GAP,TOUCH THE HEARTS,DELIVER RESULTS
have a nice day!