learning modality will be used, and practical activities will be done online as face-to-face classes are still not allowed. Learners are also provided with computer tablets containing organic farming and agriculture curriculum along with their other subjects.157 DepEd will be partnering with the City Agriculturist Office and the Department of Agriculture (DA) to utilize the Uswag Plant Nursery in Barangay Tacas, Jaro, as the school’s laboratory, although a memorandum of agreement (MOA) is yet to be signed by the agencies involved.158 76. The WHEELS Program for Inclusive Development is a six-point agenda platform by Mayor Jerry Trenas that envisions Iloilo City to be one of the three urbanized cities in the country by 2028 in terms of liability, competitiveness, viability, and governance practice. Since education is a key element in the platform, as represented by the first “E” in the WHEELS program, several initiatives have been made by the local government of Iloilo. These include offering full scholarships to college students and daycare teachers, as well as to primary and secondary public school teachers, effective and efficient dispensing of special education fund (SEF) as checked by the local school board, constructing of school buildings, producing and upgrading the facilities, security, and internet connectivity of public schools and their libraries. 77. Programs for out-of-school youth and individuals are comprised of ALS Kahon ng Karunungan, Katuwang at Kapatiran; ALS special classes for persons deprived of liberty (PDL), children in conflict with the law, persons with disabilities, and IPs; Painting Ko Buhay Ko for ALS Learners Project, which aims to provide opportunities to learn new skills which can be a potential source of livelihood for sustainability and self-sufficiency; and Balik Paaralan Para sa Out-of-School-Adult (BPOSA). Meanwhile, USWAG Skills Program of the Technical Institute of Iloilo City (TIIC) is a free-upskilling and reskilling training program for the marginalized population, particularly the youth, women, and persons with disabilities. Taking inspiration from the word USWAG, which means progress and ensuring that nobody will be left behind, the program commits to empowering the recipients by providing the education skills and competencies that will make them the employers’ choice in the skill-based economy. Furthermore, USWAG has also provided livelihood training, which encourages the recipients to be micro-entrepreneurs backed up with a reasonable capital provided by the city government. Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) and Advocacy Groups 78. Income-generating activities for individuals with visual impairment are organized to augment existing livelihoods, such as making rags out of excess clothes from donation drives and producing homemade dishwashing liquid, performing music online or in the malls, and forming groups such as a rondalla group of people with visual impairment. In order to equip them with soft skills and technical skills, such as basic computer 157 Perla Lena, Urban farm school to help promote food sufficiency, PHILIPPINE NEWS AGENCY, Sept. 17. 2021, available at https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1153832 (last accessed May 26, 2022). 158 Id. 39