46 expected to finish City SCALA Program

TACLOBAN CITY – Around 46 trainees are expected to finish the Information Communications Technology Sharing of Computer Access Locally and Abroad (ICT-SCALA) Training here in the City this coming Friday, January 25, 2019.

The training is spearheaded under the administration of Mayor Cristina G. Romualdez through the City Social Welfare and Development Office (CSWDO). These students started their training last April 2018.

A free information communication technology training of the CSWDO, SCALA caters to Out of School Youths (OSYs), Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), working parents and other needy adults. The trainees are taught basic computer programs like Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and PowerPoint, among others.

The training lasting six months is divided into three shifts (morning, afternoon and night classes), and followed by an On-the-Job Training in the different offices of the City Government.

While in the different offices the trainees perform office works like computer encoding and programming. Upon graduation, they are given Certificates of Completion.

Meantime, ahead of their graduation on Friday, the trainees underwent a Life Skills and Values Restoration Seminar on January 17, 2019, at the Tacloban City Training Center conducted by the Values Restoration Officers of the local government unit. The whole-day seminar tackled such topics as Patriotism, Integrity, and Excellence, among others.

The ICT-SCALA Program was started by the local government in 2003. -H.J. Roca with a report from J. Apolinar/CIO

Photos:J. Apolinar