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DOST Secretary Fortunato “Boy” T. de la Peña said the DOST-Region 7 partnered with International Deaf Education Association (IDEA) Philippines to train individuals on cacao processing, particularly in tablea and chocolate making, under a project aimed at upgrading skills to support cacao based economic enterprise and development.
“This school year’s batch of 21 graduating students at BDA shall be trained in cacao processing. The training activities shall be incorporated in their curriculum for the whole semester as part of their technical vocational electives,” he said in a report.
“Tech-Voc teachers at BDA shall be trained too. They will be the one responsible for cascading the know-how to the next batch of students to learn the technologies,” he added.