LINGAYEN, PANGASINAN – -Barely one year old and the Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC), the first-ever tertiary institution run by the provincial government, is continuously gaining international partnerships.
The PPC strengthened its international tie-up with the Globarx Philippines to reinforce education, internship programs and job placements for its students in Japan when it signed a memorandum of agreement with the firm through its founder and CEO, Kenta Morinaga.
Globarx Philippines, in its Facebook page says it is to “support foreign professionals who want to find a job or switch careers in Japan.”
In signing the MOA, PPC President Prof. Raymundo D. Rovillos said the partnership focuses on industry-academia programs to include Japan-government-funded donation courses which are offered through PPC in partnership with Japanese government agencies and companies.
Rovillos, formerly the University of the Philippines Baguio chancellor, said those initiatives are basically aimed to equip PPC students with pivotal technical skills and help them explore career opportunities with Japanese firms, both in the Philippines and Japan.
Aside from specializing in recruiting foreign talent, Globarx also supports employment of international students, provides online Japanese language training, and offers consulting services related to foreign recruitment as well.
Earlier, PPC had gathered support from international foundations such as the Lotte Scholarship Foundation which awarded scholarships to some 80 Pangasinense students including 20 PPC scholars.
PPC has likewise strengthened international collaboration by participating in the 2024 Indigeneity and Landscape Analysis Workshop held in Taiwan last December. The event was organized by National Chengchi University (NCCU) in collaboration with the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency and the Nanzhuang Saisiat PalaSan Cooperative.
Said workshop was participated in by delegates from higher education institutions (HEIs) and organizations in the Philippines and international instittutions such as the Hongkong Polytechnic University, the Toyama University (Japan), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States.
It is also set to sign a MOA with NCCU to strengthen the partnership.
The PPC is more than just a campaign promise, but a legacy project of Governor Ramon V. Guico III intended to fulfill the dream of every poor Pangasinense family to have at least one college graduate/professional in their household (Ruby F. Rayat/PIMRO, Photo PPC)
