Recognizing the need to empower the underprivileged community people of the province, the Department of Social Welfare through its Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) and the Mariano Marcos State University jointly conducts the Microenterprise Development-Skills Training to 310 4Ps beneficiaries for the whole months of April and May.

Two batches were set for the skills training on dressmaking, small engine repair, and food and beverage preparation. 8 batches, on the other hand, was set for the skills training on small ruminant production. This series of trainings under the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) is a capacity-building program for poor, vulnerable, and marginalized families and individuals in acquiring assets to engage in and maintain thriving livelihoods that help improve their socio-economic conditions. The program endeavours to strengthen the skills, competencies, abilities, and resources of poor Filipino families, and create an enabling environment for accessing income-generating opportunities to address basic needs, thereby improving their socio-economic well-being. Said skills trainings were the needs identified by the participants during the community consultation based on their interest and commitment in applying the knowledge and skills to be learned from the training. Specifically, the training program aims to equip them with the needed knowledge, skills, and work values necessary for microenterprise establishment and enhancement, operations, and management of human capital, and provide training materials necessary for the operations of the desired microenterprise either physical or natural capital.

Set in the Laoag Campus of the University, faculty from the College of Industrial Technology and College of Agriculture, Food, and Sustainable Development will serve as speakers and trainers for the varied skills trainings. For the Dressmaking Skills Training, the different topics to be tackled include plan garment design for casual apparel and fabric preparation with Prof. Soridad Malapit, pattern drafting for casual garments with Prof. Gloria Torres, laying and pinning the pattern and assembling the cut materials for casual apparel Prof. Elia Ubaldo, laying and cutting for casual apparel with Prof. Floribelle Javier, and applying finishing touches for casual apparel with Prof. Gloria Torres.

For the Small Engine Repair Skills Training set in the open space of CTE, topics include practice occupational health and safety procedures, service exhaust system, and service clutch system with Prof. William Bermudez; shop maintenance, service lubrication system, and service wheels and tires with Prof. Ferdinand Huenda, mensuration and calculation reading with Dr. Cesario Pacis and Engr. Filamer Aguilar, periodic maintenance and service fuel system, service clutch system, and service ignition system with Prof. Ruel Peralta, service break system, and service electrical system with Prof. Zaldy Fernandez, service suspension system, special standard tools application, service final drive, and service cooling system.

For the Food and Beverage Services, topics include the preparation of dining room / restaurant area for service, welcoming of guests and taking food and beverage orders, promoting food and beverage products, providing food and beverage services to guests, providing room service, and receiving and handling guest concerns. Return demonstrations for these trainings will also be solicited as these concentrate on the acquisition of NC II assessment to mark their competency.

For the Skills Training on Cultivating Forages and Managing Pastures for Sustainable Feed Supply for Small Ruminants, topics with Mr. Sean Vidad of CAFSD include goat digestive physiology and feed requirement, classification of roughages for goats, establishment and maintenance of forage gardens, forage garden lay-outing and feeding techniques for small ruminants, and feed resource preservation. Forage planting materials distribution will also be conducted as part of the training for their initial capital on forages.

• MMSU Extension Directorate conducts proposal review

  MAR 12, 2024

  As part of its continuing drive to implement quality extension programs and projects to benefit various communities in the province, the MMSU-Extension Directorate conducts a two-day presentation of the 2024 extension programs, projects, and activities.  The presentation is attended by 30 compo... [view more]
• MMSU ties up with PNHS for GS extension project

  FEB 07, 2024

  By Crisdeniele H. ClementeThe Mariano Marcos State University Graduate School (MMSU-GS) sealed agreements with Paoay National High School (PNHS) on January 26 for the extension project of the Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, Master of Arts in English Language and Literature, and Master in Inform... [view more]
• MMSU employees, units recognized in PRAISE Awards 2024

  FEB 05, 2024

  By Rommel Q. Pascua, StratCom CorrespondentThe Mariano Marcos State University (MMSU) recognized the exceptional achievements of its esteemed faculty and staff in this year’s Program on Awards and Incentive for Service Excellence (PRAISE) Awards.Over 200 awardees across individual and group ca... [view more]
• Jollibee group ties up with MMSU for agri-entrepreneurship program

  DEC 18, 2023

  By Crisdeniele H. ClementeThe Jollibee Group Foundation (JGF) Inc. has partnered with Mariano Marcos State University for the Farmer Entrepreneurship Program (FEP) meant to empower smallholder farmers and foster sustainable agro-enterprises.The partnership was formalized at the Center for Flexible L... [view more]
• MMSU-ED conducts 3rd batch of Training on Oyster Mushroom Production

  NOV 16, 2023

  In response to the increasing number of community members requesting for training on oyster mushroom production, the MMSU-Extension Directorate conducted another training on November 9-10, 2023 at the MMSU-UBRC. This is now the third batch of training conducted this year.Thirty-one members of variou... [view more]