Google Philippines has collaborated with the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to provide Filipino workers and learners the ICT training they need for work here and abroad.
ICT assistant secretary Jeffrey Ian Dy, said Google Philippines coordinated with the agency’s ICT Literacy and Competency Development Bureau for the initiative to make the training program available to the Filipino workforce and even the student population.
Google, through its Coursera web platform, will offer those qualified four courses: IT Support, User Experience (UX) Design, Data Analytics and Project Management.
Each course shall focus on developing a particular set of ICT skills – from troubleshooting and systems administration to project management and business processing.
A scholarship system will also be available through a criteria-based candidate selection process to allow Filipinos with limited financial resources to participate in this initiative.
Dy said the program does not stop with the upskilling and reskilling of the program participants as it also seeks to establish an Employer Consortium and Outplacement Program.
In line with this, the program targets prospective employers to consider Google Career Certificate holders for entry-level roles in their companies and engage recruitment partners to run outplacement programs to help graduates find employment.
With additional report: The Philippine Star, Rainer Allan Ronda
