THE ICT Davao Inc., the city’s Information and Communication Council announced last week that the IT-BPO industry will get a boost when it receives millions from a stimulus program. The Office of the President through the Technical Education & Skills Development Authority (TESDA) has granted P400M to the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP), in the form of scholarship subsidies for the IT-BPO Industry under the Industry-Based Training for Work Scholarship Program (I-TWSP).
Among the sectors in the rapidly growing IT-BPO industry, the Transcription Alliance of Davao Inc and its transcription stakeholders have a proven track record of successfully helping industry applicants in acquiring skills needed by over five Davao-based company employers in transcription and data documentation. Through the I-TWSP program, the medical transcription (MT) sector sees 200 scholars who can be trained to acquire competencies that include English proficiency and hearing accuracy, familiarity with medical terminologies, keyboarding and internet research.
Nurses and other allied health graduates are in the best position to qualify for the scholarships as their educational background gives them an advantage. Through the Dept of Labor and Employment’s tripartite industry peace councils (TIPC), Wit Holgnza, ICT-TIPC vice chair, has initiated talks with the academic sector led by Ms. Angel Torres, academe TIPC vice chair, and its allied health institutions which include Davao Doctors, San Pedro College, Brokenshire among others to reach out to the huge network of college and university alumni who have graduated but have not yet found jobs, thus widening the participation of Davao’s unemployed or underemployed allied health professionals.
BPAP has designated its partner association in the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) and its member ICT councils to help manage the funds for non-NCR locations. The NICP has allocated P89M of this stimulus package for implementation in about 30 locations outside of the national capital region.
For inquiries about MT scholarship, call Mich King / Cackie Cañete at 082-2226822 pr 0923-7082313.
