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The Department of Science and Technology-Information and Communications Technology Office (DOST-ICT Office) has partnered with the ICT industry to implement the ICT Scholarship and Training Program.

This program aims to expand the country’s pool of skilled professionals in targeted high growth segments of the IT-BPM industry, as well as support the goal of producing more globally competitive ICT skilled professionals.

In this light, the ICT Office has partnered with the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) to offer the Lean Six Sigma for IT-BPM Course. This is part of the collaboration between the ICT Office and IBPAP as provided for in their Memorandum of Understanding to plan and implement talent development programs for the said industry.

The Lean Six Sigma for IT-BPM Course is designed to equip participants with the necessary expert knowledge, skills, attitudes and leadership in the planning and implementing sustainable improvement projects for improved organizational performance and success. The program provides a rigorous treatment of the whole spectrum of the body of knowledge of both Lean and Six Sigma. Mastery of the Lean Six Sigma (LSS) knowledge is fortified with practical case studies and significant hands-on exercises aided by software tools. With lean six sigma expertise, knowledge, methods, and tools, the organization will be able to build a culture of operational excellence while achieving bottom-line results and total customer experience

The course was developed and will be conducted and administered by the University of the Philippines  through the National Engineering Center.

The above-mentioned course will have up to 20 slots available to qualified scholars. Applicants, however, must meet certain eligibility criteria and shall be subject to a screening process.  The scholarship program reaches out to underprivileged, talented and deserving students, practitioners, near hire job applicants, and government employees and provides them the opportunity to apply such skill in their chosen field, pursue a career in the ICT industry, or engage in entrepreneurial-related activities.

For more information, please visit the website of the UP NEC at www.upnec.com. All application must be sent by January 24, 2014, to the following:

Professional Engineering Training Division

UP National Engineering Center

2/F Juinio Hall, F. Agoncillo Streeet & Osmeña Avenue, UP Diliman Campus

Quezon City, 1101

The Program falls under the overall objective of the DOST in providing scholarships to science and technology and ICT students, graduates, and professionals. Funded under a special appropriation on the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) proceeds, the initial phase of this Program supports one of the specific segments of the information technology-business process management (IT-BPM) industry, namely, game development.

In the 2012-2016 Philippine IT-BPM Road Map published by the DOST-ICT Office, the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines, and TeamAsia, there is a need to sustain the growth and momentum of the IT-BPM industry through the implementation of key and strategic initiatives in the areas of talent, marketing and branding, ecosystem, and research. Further, the industry must be able to respond to the requirements of the global market; one way to do this is to ensure that there is steady supply of workforce that have the necessary skills to provide the services required by the target market. (By Roy Espiritu, S&T Media Service, DOST-ICTO)

Written by: Roy Espiritu   
Wednesday, 22 January 2014 02:45