A participant from Siquijor is layouting his IEC material as one of the outputs in the training
Central Visayas – On 22 – 24 June 2021, a blended Training on Information, Education and Communication (IEC) production and infographics was conducted. The training was participated by 32 extension workers: 16 were from Bohol and 16 from Siquijor.
Training participants from Bohol joined the training online, through the Google Meet platform, while participants from Siquijor were gathered at the Ocean View Farm and Cottages, Maria, Siquijor.
The training aims to cultivate development-oriented perspectives and functional capabilities among agricultural extension workers, needed to carry-out relevant extension service delivery for accelerating the development of agricultural and rural areas.
In the three-day course of the training, participants learned key principles on IEC production. They also acquired basic photography skills. Further, participants were introduced to Microsoft Publisher (an entry level desktop publishing tool), and Canva (an online graphic design platform). Skills acquired by the extension workers are useful once they start to develop their respective IEC materials.
“The knowledge and skills that I learned from this training is very useful. For extension workers, development of IEC materials plays a very big part of our job. Through IEC materials, we would be able to disseminate the information that we want to give to our farmers. This training enhanced my knowledge and skills on IEC materials production and on infographics development. I learned techniques on how to produce a catchy and informative IEC material. I also learned the techniques on how to take good photos,” said Ma. Michelle Felisan of LGU Guindulman – one of the training participants.
Maryjane Flor Patulilic and May Joy Luzon from the Agricultural Training Institute Regional Training Center 7 shared their expertise on the topics discussed as resource persons while Mary Daphny Tumala and Angelie Mencede served as members of the training management team.
Should there be any clarifications or inquiries around this training, you may contact Ma. Gracia Soliva-Pungay, Project Officer, thru her email at mgspungay@ati.da.gov.ph.