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PH aims to produce more globally competitive manpower in STEM-related fields

Published Jul 6, 2023 08:43 am
Philippine colleges and universities have signed agreements on various programs with other Canadian colleges to produce more world-class manpower and graduates.

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In a televised public briefing on Thursday, July 6, Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Chairman Prospero De Vera said the main objective of the agreement was to produce world-class Filipinos with potential in the Philippines and other nations. The World Citi Colleges (WCC) and British Columbia Institute of Technology and the Philippine State College of Aeronautics (PhilSCA) signed one of the agreements on July 5. With the help of this agreement, aircraft maintenance, engineering, and avionics technologists who have credentials and value recognized internationally will be created. Read:[ https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/5/ph-canadian-colleges-tie-up-to-produce-world-class-aircraft-maintenance-enginee](https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/5/ph-canadian-colleges-tie-up-to-produce-world-class-aircraft-maintenance-enginee)[rs](https://mb.com.ph/2023/7/5/ph-canadian-colleges-tie-up-to-produce-world-class-aircraft-maintenance-engineers) “Naghahanap tayo ng mga degree programs na magpproduce ng critical manpower, the world class na kinakailangan ng industriya like aircraft maintenance, konti o halos wala ang Philippines n’yan, to support the airline industry. (We are looking for degree programs that will produce a critical workforce, world-class required by the industry like aircraft maintenance, the Philippines has a small number or almost none of that, to support the airline industry), De Vera said. "We think that if a well-known foreign university and a university in the Philippines worked together, our graduates would have a better chance of becoming world-class,” he added. De Vera pointed out that it is up to the students to decide if they want to train under the new program. However, he assured that the program will be suitable for them because they will be trained for international work, which means they will have more opportunities to go to foreign companies to use their skills and earn more money. There is also a 2+2 program in which they must first complete two years in the Philippines and then two years in Canada. Graduates will thus have two credentials.

STEM-related fields

The other initiatives include signing an agreement to create graduates of world-class quality in subjects connected to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). "Several other colleges have inked contracts with top Canadian universities to create world-class nurses. They are trying to come up with a way to change the curriculum in Canada so that graduates of universities in the Philippines will also have credentials that are accepted in Canada," De Vera said. “Nakakatutok tayo sa ating mga nurses dahil sikat tayo for our nursing graduates kasi kilala na nila na magagaling ang ating produkto, so madaling magkasundo sa kung ano ang gagawin. (We are focusing on our nurses because we are popular with our nursing graduates because they already know that our products have great potential, so it is easy to agree on what to do),” he added. De Vera noted that there are more agreements to sign until November because an international conference will be held and various Philippine schools will launch their collaboration agreement for nursing and health sciences. These are responses to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s directive to prioritize STEM and other degree programs with industry links.

Healthcare assistance, associates

The organization will also initiate a program referred to as health care assistance and healthcare associates. These individuals will assist nurses in taking blood pressure and temperature readings from patients. It will also provide health support services in hospitals to those who did not pass the licensure exam. De Vera added that other universities have started to offer free study classes to their graduating students and alumni who still needed to pass the licensure tests. In addition, he said they intend to implement a new curriculum that will shorten the master's degree program and will be targeted specifically to those who wish to teach in nursing schools in order to increase nursing program enrollment. *(Rhowen Del Rosario)*

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