PIA conducts LETS workshop to 51 student leaders in Bohol

By Rey Anthony H. Chiu

Sunday 1st of July 2012

CORTES, Bohol, July 1 (PIA) -- Fifty-one high school students leaders from the Infant King Academy (IKA) in Cortes and Saint Vincent Institute (SVI) in Maribojoc gathered on June 23 at the Parola Hall of the Municipal Port of Maribojoc for a one-day Leadership Enhancement Training Seminar (LETS) Workshop initiated by the Philippine Information Agency-Bohol.

The workshop was designed to equip them with the necessary skills as student leaders in their respective schools.

IKA Cortes Student Supreme Government (SSG) adviser Ma Rosario Baroso said the training suits the need of most students who got elected as officers in their respective organizations in class or school who have very little knowledge on how to become a good leader.

Aside from inputs on good leadership traits, the training workshop also included teambuilding game activities, officers’ rights and responsibilities workshop as well as rules in parliamentary procedures.

Teachers noted that many students who get elected to key positions in their respective schools do not have the necessary skills to conduct meetings.

Vincent Gee Abrasado, IKA class adviser also hailed the training saying it is a crucial skills enhancement activity that boosts student leadership capabilities which most students do not always confidently show.

The workshop also included a mock meeting where students go through the usual meeting process but are assessed on their use of training inputs including the terminologies, procedures and the skillful use of efficient and proven methods for effective meetings.

Aside from the leadership training workshop, PIA-Bohol also offered news writing and school organ production training seminar series that detail the tasks and enhance the students’ skills in news production.

PIA's news writing seminar series are offered during regular HEAT Caravans in various towns in Bohol and the training is designed for pupils, students and barangay secretaries. (mbcn/rahc/PIA-Bohol)