by Gideon C. Corgue
PAGADIAN CITY, November 23 (PIA) – The 3-day capacity building training for parent leaders (PLs) of Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Labangan and Ramon Magsaysay was already completed over the weekend.
Provincial link Envangeline Poquita said the training for the PLs of said munciplaities conducted on November 15-18 at pringland Resort, here.
Poquita said the training was the last batch under set 4b municipalities.
The training aimed at capacitating the PLs as partners of municipal links (MLs) in the implementation of the program in the municipal level, Poquita explained.
The participants were equipped with the knowledge on the 3 systems, namely: the grievance, compliance and monitoring ,and update system,”
Poquita admitted that with the large numbers of 4Ps beneficiaries in the province, MLs had the difficulty of supervising and monitoring the compliance of the beneficiaries on the conditionalities of the program. “The role of the PLs, is indeed very vital in the successful implementation of the program,” Poquita added.
However, the provincial link said there will be another set of training scheduled this year for those PLs who were absent saying that they immediately replaced PLs who failed to attend said training.
It has been the policy of the agency to train the untrained PLs for them to effectively assist MLs in the implementation of the program, Poquita added.
To date, the total number of trained PLs reached to 3,419 where 1,081 of whom from 1st district and 2,338 from the 2nd district. (JPA/GCC/PIA9-Pagadian)