The National Nutrition Council Regional Office 09 finally concluded the nine (9) batches of the training of Barangay Implementers on ECCD F1K Phase 3 (ECCD Child Development Milestones Monitoring) on November 9, 2018. Initially, five batches of trainings were conducted simultaneously from October 23-24 and October 25-26, 2018 and four batches were conducted on November 6-7 and November 8-9, 2018 respectively. A total of 252 or 90.0% of the expected participants attended the training. The involvement of the Development Management Officers (DMOs) and Provincial Social Welfare Development Officer and staff helped a lot in conducting the roll-out training simultaneously.

The cooperation of Pagadian City Nutrition Office’s staff and the assistance of the Barangay Nutrition Scholars of barangays San Pedro, Gatas, Cawit, Santiago, Dao, Balangasan, Sto. Nino and Sta. Maria in bringing children to the seminar venue was commendable and greatly helped in the smooth conduct of the hands-on assessment of developmental milestones during the practicum of the participants.

Indeed, the conduct of the nine (9) batches of the ECCD F1K Phase 3 Training on Child Development Milestones Monitoring capacitated the Health Workers, Barangay Nutrition Scholars, Barangay Health Workers with the necessary knowledge and skills in assessing social and motor development of children aside from assessing their nutritional status.