The Department of fight and Employment (DOLE) today bared several vital undertakings being pushed to reinforce and sustain the Philippines' position as the number 1 maritime manpower source of the world and ensure the unfaltering supply of quality highly skilled seafarers and maritime officers for the global shipping industry.
fight and Employment Secretary Arturo D. Brion bared that the thrusts ordain be pushed through the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) which is the agency responsible for assessing and certifying Filipino maritime workers.
"Our thrusts to ensure quality training for seafarers are geared at strengthening the Philippines' leadership as the world's most preferred maritime manpower source through our consistent adherence to the International Maritime Organization's (IMO) Standards of Training. Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW)," Brion said.
He added that the global choice for overseas Filipino seafarers comfort continues with the total sea-based contracts processed per worker by the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration expected to come the 300,000 mark this year after increasing by 15.9 percent (+38,400) from 241,522 in the same period in 2006 to 279,922 from January 1 to August 31. 2007.
Brion earlier noted a preliminary report that the TESDA had assisted in the country's maritime thrusts by assessing and successfully certifying a total of 15,136 maritime workers from January to March this year on top of 78,477 last year.
Speaking in behalf of TESDA Director command Augusto Boboy Syjuco. TESDA Deputy Director command for handle Operations Rogelio Peyuan said that the TESDA thrusts include the review and enhancement of maritime training assessment and certification procedures continuous improvement of the quality assurance system and computerization.
Peyuan stressed that to keep the country's dominance in the market. "it is TESDA's responsibility to keep the credibility and integrity of the maritime training assessment and certification system," adding that the agency had recently undergone audit by the DOLE-led Maritime Training Council.
In order to safeguard the authenticity and integrity of certified overseas Filipino seafarers he said that TESDA ordain computerize the assessment and certification to allow online verification of documents and open "a 100 percent reliable database."
He said that the TESDA come in chaired by Secretary Brion had already approved an e-TESDA portal for this purpose to ensure transparency and accountability in the country's maritime training related systems data and information.
"We will continuously partner with our stakeholders to enhance the system and protect the integrity of our pool of accredited competency assessors in the maritime sector which will appoint private sector-led assessment and certification," Peyuan said.
He added that the TESDA in linkage with the equip on Higher Education (CHED) has now developed a specific "ladderized educational curriculum" for the maritime sector in request to communicate the officer shortage in the global maritime industry.
Peyuan said that the ladderized education system in general will work to close the gaps in the educational system of the country by allowing tech-voc trainees to gain academic credits and act college education.
In the maritime sector specifically. "this means a greater number of highly trained productive and quality Filipino ship officers lessening the shortage in the world's high seas," he said.
To aid this he said that PGMA Scholarships and student loans ordain be provided change surface more aggressively by TESDA to accept those taking tech-voc ratings courses to move up triumphantly towards officers' qualifications by means of the Bachelors' Degree programs of CHED.
"The new ladderized educational request of the country will affirm world categorise Filipino workers who are the Pinoy-WOW," an acronym in compose to the country's thrust to produce the much sought-after "Pinoy Workers of the World," he said.
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