PhilRice RSOs To Receive Prototype Copy of RSTC Courseware on PalayCheck System

The current batch of 49-member Rice Specialists' Training Course (RSTC) shall be the first recipient of PhilRice Courseware on PalayCheck System (RSTC Edition) as developed by the Courseware Development Team (CDT) led by Dr. Karen Eloisa T. Barroga and coordinated by this blogger. This, however, is just a prototype copy pending some finishing touches in the ware. It is in a CD (compact disk)format yet, but hard copy is expected to be out before this year ends.

Here is what one expect to see in the CD:

What’s in this CD? (Product Catalogue)
This is the CD of the RSTC Courseware on PalayCheck System of the Philippine Rice Research Institute (PhilRice). It contains eleven folders featuring the eight (8) Key Checks of the System, presented in a Lesson Plan format with the corresponding Powerpoint supplement.

Except for the first, all folders are file-named Module 0 to Module 8. The Modules were entitled according to area of crop management, with corresponding Key Check number and statement as sub-title.

Folder 1. Contents and Preliminaries
A. Table of Contents
B. How To Use This Instructional Courseware
C. Points To Consider in Using the Powerpoint Supplement

Folder 2. Module 0. Introduction to Rice Science
A. Morphology of the Rice Plant
B. Growth Stages of the Rice Plant

Folder 3. Module 1. PalayCheck System: Concept, Principles and Practice

Folder 4. Module 2. Variety and Seed Selection
(Key Check 1. Used certified seeds of a recommended variety)
Folder 5. Module 3. Land Preparation
(Key Check 2. No high and low soil spots after final leveling)
Folder 6. Module 4A. Crop Establishment-1
(Key Check 3. Practiced synchronous planting after a fallow period)
Folder 7. Module 4B. Crop Establishment-2
(Key Check 4. Sufficient Number of Healthy Seedlings)
Folder 8. Module 5. Nutrient Management (Key Check 5. Sufficient nutrients at tillering
to early panicle initiation and flowering)
Folder 9. Module 6. Water Management (Key Check 6. Avoided excessive water or drought
stress that could affect the growth and yield of the crop)
Folder 10. Module 7. Pest Management (Key Check 7. No significant yield loss due to pest)
A. General Intro To Pest Management
B. IPM Concept and Principles (with special discussion on AESA)
C. Insect Pest Management
D. Integrated Mgt. of Rice Diseases
E. Weed Mgt. (with special discussion on Weedy Rice)
F. Rodent Management
G. Golden Apple Snail (GAS) Management
Folder 11. Module 8. Harvest and Postharvest Technologies
(Key Check 8. Cut and threshed the crop at the right time)

All the Lesson Plans were encoded in both Microsoft Word (editable) and Adobe Reader pdf format (non-editable), while the PPT supplements were in Microsoft Powerpoint.

Disclaimer: This product is only a prototype copy exclusively produced for the 5th batch of RSTC, for reference purpose only. Not to be copied, reproduced nor commercialized. (Courseware Devt. Team, PhilRice)