Through the College of Accountancy, Business Administration and Computer Studies (CABACS), SSC-R Manila renews its partnership with the Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PhilNITS).
Formerly known as JITSE Philippine Foundation, Inc., PhilNITS is a non-stock, non-profit, non-government organization that is implementing a Certification Program from the Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan.
SC-R Manila opened its doors to PhilNITS in 2002 for the Area of Computer Studies which is under CABACS. PhilNITS examinations then were incorporated in the Computer Science curriculum to give students an edge to pass the JITSE Certification Program.
With the extended partnership, students can avail of better job opportunities in Japanese institutions here and abroad.
From a regional based exam, PhilNITS examination has grown into a large-scale national examination in the Philippines aiming at:
- improving the individual technical competence
- indicating the level of competence required of various types of IT engineers and to act as a guideline for education and training
- establishing objective criteria for evaluating the skills and competence of IT engineers and to raise the social status of qualified engineers.
PhilNITS is offering the following three (3) types of exams.
- Level 1 – Information Technology Passport Exam
- Level 2 – Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination
- Level 3 – Applied Information Technology Examination
Since its beginning, the examination has been taken by over 6,744 applicants with 776 having successfully passed. The Area of Computer Studies is determined to join the 776 passers beginning this school year (2010-2011).
The Japanese government, in coordination with the Department of Trade and Industry of the Philippines, has proposed the implementation of the JITSE examination, a viable and credible measure of IT skills. The JITSE examination, a certification program for IT practitioners, gives Filipinos an advantage when seeking work both here and abroad. Said examination is equivalent to European and American standards on the Fundamentals of IT.
The DTI, in cooperation with PhilNITS is implementing the PhilNITS examinations with the assistance of the private sector represented by the Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines (ITFP) the Philippine Computer Society (PCS), Philippine Society of Information Technology Educators (PSITE) and various agencies of the government such as the National Computer Center (NCC), Department of Science and Technology (DOST), Commission on Higher Education (CHED), Technology Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) and the Philippine State Universities and Colleges in Computer Education Society (PSUCCESS).
The Fundamental IT Engineers Exam (FE) is one of the 14 exams given by the Japan IT Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) of the Information Technology Promotions Agency (IPA) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade & Industry (METI) of Japan. These exams are based on an established Information Technology Engineers Skill Standards (ITSS).
The FE Exam is used to evaluate the knowledge and skills of an IT personnel
(engineer) on the fundamentals of IT.
The Fundamentals of IT Engineers Exam (FE) requires the person to have the ability to develop a good program by making full use of techniques related to basic-level algorithm and data structure. The FE Exams also require the person to be able to successfully carry out jobs such as program development, unit tests, and system integration tests.
Present during the MOA signing held last March 23, 2010 were Rev. Fr. Anthony A.
Morillo, OAR (President), Rev. Fr. Leander V. Barrot, OAR(VP-Academics), Rev.
Fr. Leonardo P. Pauligue (VP-Administration), Mrs. Corazon M. Akol (PhilNITS
President) and Ms. Antoinette R. Marcelo (PhilNITS Training Director). Dean Lolita De Guzman and Mrs. Aileen Zamora represented the CABACS.
