CHED chairperson Popoy De Vera admits it remains challenging for maritime institutions to hire experienced faculty due to the high salaries of seafarers abroad.
“We have an enhanced curriculum that we have developed together with MARINA and the maritime education that addresses the observations previously given to CHED… That new enhanced curriculum will be implemented this coming school year,” said De Vera.before the EU made its decision were on training, education, monitoring, and availability and use of training facilities.
De Vera said the CHED promised EMSA that it would monitor a minimum of 30 institutions a year. He added that currently, there are 83 maritime institutions throughout the country.De Vera admitted that it remains challenging for maritime institutions to hire experienced faculty due to the high salaries of seafarers abroad. Maritime institutions have to be innovative to ensure quality instructors, he added.
“They have the benefit of being able to harness professionals and teachers coming from the Netherlands. They get a lot of updated and state-of-the-art equipment from the Netherlands so they are able to produce very good graduates,” De Vera said.
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