The Commission on Education and the Maritime Industry Authority are looking for more “allies” to “help monitor compliance” of maritime training schools in the country amid the current and necessary improvements being done to the seafarers’ programs.
CHED Chairperson Prospero De Vera III on Tuesday, April 11, revealed that the commission does not have enough personnel to monitor all maritime training centers across the Philippines.
“Kailangan namin dagdag na tao kasi marami that’s why kami ni Secretary Bautista will have to look for additional allies to help monitor compliance ,” he said during the press briefing in Malacañang. The call for more allies came after the decision of the European Commission to extend the recognition by the European Union of the Philippine certificates for seafarers onboard European vessels after months of uncertainty that 50,000 Filipino seafarers aboard European vessels could lose their jobs.
They also put a five-year moratorium starting last year on new maritime training programs to prioritize the evaluation of already existing programs and check the schools’ compliance with international standards.
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