A total of 300 graduates of the 2022 Special Training for Employment Program (STEP) from the different Technical Vocational Institutions (TVIs) delightfully received their starter toolkits from various qualifications on July 12-14, 2023. The three (3)-day activity was held in the different participating TVIs where the graduates came from, Buyabod School of Arts and Trades (BSAT), Torrijos Poblacion School of Arts and Trades (TPSAT), Agrea International Communities Foundation Inc., Marinduque Technical Training Center Inc. and Marinduque Manpower and Trade Skills Institute Inc.
TESDA Marinduque Provincial Director Zoraida V. Amper joined by PDRRMO Chief Mr. John Fernandez, representing the Office of Congressman Lord Allan Jay Q. Velasco and Governor Presbitero J. Velasco Jr led the distribution of the toolkits to the graduates. PD Amper reminded the graduates not to sell their toolkits for this will help them jumpstart their own livelihood, which is actually the main purpose of the scholarship program. Mr. Fernandez likewise advised them to take advantage of the skills they all learned from the training and put these toolkits into good use.
The recipients of these toolkits are graduates who completed training programs in Shielded Metal Arc Welding (SMAW) NC I, Produce Organic Fertilizer, Produce Organic Concoctions and Extracts, Raise Organic Hogs and Raise Organic Small Ruminants.