EMSA is back, bats for more reforms | MARCH 2012 |
The agency of the European Commission that stirred quite a controversy
last year is back.
The European Maritime
Safety Agency (EMSA), which raised some issues over the country’s
implementation of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping
(STCW) Convention, has dispatched another team to the Philippines this month.
The two-member team from
(EMSA) arrived early March to verify the improvements of the Philippines’
compliance with the STCW Convention instituted by maritime institutions and
agencies.
Last year, the agency’s
report to the Commission, which contained some adverse observations on STCW
implementation, paved the way for some important and overdue changes among
agencies and institutions in the Philippine manning industry.
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Dutch government, SECOJ aid training for MTC inspectors, assessors and school intructors
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Secretary
and Maritime Training Council (MTC) Chairperson Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz
announced the successful completion of the Phil-Netherlands Joint Project on
“Training for Instructors, Assessors and Technical Inspectors/External
Verifiers for the Management Level Course (MLC) for Deck and Engine Officers”
where 50 instructors, 49 assessors, and 77 technical inspectors/external
verifiers were trained subsidized by the project.
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CHED closely monitors 49 schools THE
Commission on Higher Education (CHED) continues its drive to weed out
substandard schools among the ranks of its maritime institutions nationwide
accredited to offer maritime programs. In an interview, Dr. Sinforoso Birung, director of the Office of Program and Standards of CHED, disputed allegation that the agency is “singling out” PMI Colleges only among the substandard maritime schools. The allegations was made by owners of PMI Colleges, whose BS Marine Transportation (BSMT) and BS Marine Engineering (BSMarE) programs of its Manila and Quezon City branches were shut down last October by CHED.
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