Japanese project benefits 2 more Cebu universities
TWO Cebu-based schools offering engineering courses will be able to participate in a training seminar sponsored by, among others, the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Saitama Prefecture.
The Cebu provincial government signed a memorandum of understanding with the Cebu Technological University (CTU) and CIT-University.
Students from these two universities will take part in the second phase of the Saitama-Cebu Comprehensive Human Resource Monozukuri Project, which will begin in February 2016.
“We asked JICA to fund this second phase. Thankfully, they agreed,” Gov. Hilario Davide III told reporters.
Monozukuri is “a Japanese manufacturing approach and philosophy that seeks to boost customer satisfaction and create excellent products.”
Community co-existence, environmental harmony, and effective resource utilization are among the ideas this culture is anchored on.
Close to 100 engineering students from the University of San Jose-Recoletos and University of San Carlos have completed the first phase of the project in February this year.
During their graduation rites, Governor Davide said their “formal and practical training in engineering and technical education through Monozukuri provides each of (the students) an excellent platform to be a better worker and person.”
The partnership between Cebu province and Saitama was sealed in October 2013. The two-year and four-month project officially began on November 11.
“More students will be given the opportunity to visit Japan,” said Davide.
The program follows JICA’s technical cooperation for grassroots projects framework with the help of Toyo University, Saitama Univesity, Shibura Institute of Technology, and Nippon Institute of Technology.
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