Korea, RP sign technical cooperation project for Korean Language Training

A technical cooperation project on strengthening the development of a Korean language skills program was forget recently between the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and Philippine National Volunteer Service Coordinating Agency (PNVSCA).

The cooperation agreement was signed at the TESDA Main Office in Taguig City on February 19,2008 by KOICA Resident Representative Kim In, TESDA Deputy Director General Milagros Dawa-Hernandez, and PNVSCA Executive Director Joselito de Vera and was witnessed by authorized officials on both governments.

The project aims to strengthen the development of a Korean Language Program for Filipino workers seeking employment in South Korea. This will also provide educational opportunities for Filipinos to acquire needed knowledge and skills through Korean Language Education for Economic and Social Advancement. TESDA recognizes that labor markets within and outside the country demand that workers are able to speak other languages and understand cultural differences.

Sixteen Korean language instructors from the Korea Overseas Volunteer (KOV) program will be deployed by KOICA to 14 TESDA Regional Language Skills Institutes (LSIs) to provide intensive technical assistance in standardized education of the Korean language.

The language instructors will also be involved in language trainers' development, curriculum enhancement, and language skills assessment and certification.

The KOV program, known as KOICA's frontline of assistance, has been in the country since 1990 and has worked in local communities to promote technical manpower development and transfer of advance technology. A total of 243 KOV volunteers have been dispatched to the Philippines since then. Balitang TESDA

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PCG: China’s bullying in West Philippine Sea undermines international law --- Ghio Ong - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — Letting China sustain its aggression in the West Philippine Sea would make other countries doubt the strength of international law currently being asserted by the Philippines, Commodore Jay Tarriela of the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) said. “Allowing China to blatantly disregard the established rules-based order threatens the very foundation that we all depend on,” he wrote in a post on X last Tuesday. He added, “If we permit this, countries worldwide may forget why this order was created in the first place. Nations could begin to doubt the significance of adhering to international law if powerful bullies can easily violate it.” Tarriela also said defiance of other countries to a rules-based order would result in the prevalence of cruelty. He wrote, “This could lead us back to a time when might makes right, undermining the global structures that keep human greed, savagery and barbarism in check. Such a scenario would not only invite challenges from aggressive ...
Read more

China ships maintain presence in key West Philippine Sea areas --- Michael Punongbayan - The Philippine Star

STAR / Michael Varcas MANILA, Philippines — While Chinese vessels in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) have decreased in number, they have maintained a presence in three key land features where naval and coast guard ships have intensified operations in the past seven days, according to the Philippine Navy. Latest monitoring by the Philippine Navy showed armed ships of the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) maintaining a menacing presence around the grounded BRP Sierra Madre in Ayungin Shoal, Panatag Shoal and Escoda Shoal. According to the Philippine Navy, there are 17 Chinese military vessels and 28 China Coast Guard (CCG) boats spotted inside the country’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between Sept. 23 and 30, or one vessel more than in the previous week Sept.17-23. Five of the warships were seen roaming around the vicinity of Escoda Shoal, along with 10 CCG vessels and 12 maritime militia vessels (MMVs). There are also two PLAN ships in Ayungin Shoal as well as 10 CCG boats and 12...
Read more

Social media seen as cause of rising intermarriages --- Helen Flores - The Philippine Star

MANILA, Philippines — The Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO) sees social media as the main reason for the rising number of Filipinos marrying or becoming partners of foreign nationals. In 2022, the CFO recorded 6,854 marriages or partnerships with foreign nationals, a 40.1 percent increase from the 4,891 “intermarriages” recorded in 2021. “First of all, what we see in the increase in the marriage rate of Filipinos or Filipinos with foreign partners is because of social media, (that) is number one; matchings; letters, introduction of their friends,” CFO chairperson Romulo Arugay said at the Bagong Pilipinas Ngayon public briefing yesterday. Arugay said the agency has been registering a high number of intermarriages since 2007, but the figures went down during the COVID-19 pandemic. From over 6,500 Filipinos who married foreign nationals, only 600 are men, he said. Most of them are married to Americans, Japanese, Germans, Canadians and Australians, Arugay said. Arugay warned Fi...
Read more