The Department of Education in Negros Occidental, in partnership
with the Department of Labor and Employment-6, recently conducted an
orientation on crop production at Negros Occidental High School Resource
Center, Bacolod City.
Resource speaker Elmer Gimay, Labor Employment Officer of DOLE
Bacolod City, discussed the Youth Entrepreneurship Support Program of the
agency, which aims to help underprivileged but deserving students and develop
them into young entrepreneurs.
Financial grants to be used as capital to start viable business
projects related to agriculture will be available to students for them to earn
their own income and be financially self-reliant.
DOLE-6 regional director Ponciano Ligutom tackled the role of the
schools, which include preparing the students for employment in the future by
providing career counselling and facilitating and supervising the livelihood projects.
Ligutom urged the students to prioritize organic farming as this
is the most feasible business nowadays.
Project proposals will be accommodated on a first come-first
served basis, and only those considered worthy will be given financial
assistance, he said.
The orientation was attended by 35 participants - principals,
technology, livelihood and entrepreneurship heads, senior high school
coordinators and agriculture subject coordinators from schools in the Division
of Negros Occidental.
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