MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--To equip Lanao del Sur residents including internally displaced persons of Marawi with relevant information and communication technology skills to increase their chance of landing ICT-related jobs, the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Lanao del Sur is conducting another digitaljobsPh training here.
Engr. Jaron Arab, DICT Lanao Sur provincial director, said a total of 25 scholars will undergo training on Social Media Marketing and Advertising.
The scholars will undergo face-to-face training for 12 days and practical exercises which include a 21-day campaign wherein they will create digital campaign strategies for the Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises.
“Magfocus sila at huwag mawalan ng pag-asa. Nandito lang kami para tumulong sa kanila,” Arab said.
[They should focus and not lose hope. We are here to help them.]
Engr. Jaron Arab, DICT Lanao Sur provincial director, shares that a total of 25 scholars will undergo training on Social Media Marketing and Advertising. (Michael John Paclar/ PIA ICIC)
Arab also shared the success of their former trainees who are now full-time freelancers and trainers on various digital skills training.
Formerly known as Rural Impact Sourcing (RIS) Technical training, DICT started to conduct the digitaljobsPh training in 2018. For that year, 19 trainees completed the training and seven of them were named as medalists for acquiring online jobs during the training. In 2019, 18 completed the training and seven of them were medalists. In 2020, nine scholars have completed with one medalist.
For the past trainings, DICT has partnered with the city government of Marawi, Lanao del Sur provincial government, and Mindanao State University.
The training is aligned under the Bangon Marawi Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Recovery program and one of DICT's interventions under the Balik Probinsya, Bagong Pagasa government program. (LELA/ PIA-ICIC)
