first a news of support to MARINA, a nautical regulator under a big batch of pressure, for taking this holistic set about to the industry and continuing to engage stakeholders in this manner. The first leaning of an embattled arrangement is credibly retreat to the guard of their own offices, roadblock and mount a defense. not the raw MARINA, as they continue to communicate, be open about their plans, progress and even their challenges .
In this spirit of transparency, MARINA Officer in Charge VADM Vingson set off and he surely did not have to compete with the pisces for attention. In his presentation on “ the current status of MET in the Philippines ” he had some good newsworthiness and, I won ’ triiodothyronine call it bad newsworthiness, but a kind of reality check for the local educators. The good news is that the EC has recognized the momentum created by MARINA and the Administration in addressing the shortcomings of the EMSA report card. The Philippines will be given more fourth dimension to let the new measures be in full implemented and EMSA will not be back before the first base quarter of 2020 for a final audit .
The world check for local educators came in the form of a study on the state of Maritime Education in the Philippines. It is no secret that not all is well in the educational sector but never it was therefore thoroughly researched and presented.
The results of CHED-MARINA monitor in 2018 that were presented are shown below :
At the moment about half of all the approved programs have significant findings (more than four deficiencies)
As to the effectiveness of those institutes of higher education the results of the MARINA study show that over the death years on average alone about 18 % of enrolees manages to complete the full moon academic three years. And if this is not enough, of the 18 % that do complete the three-year academic plan only on modal about 15 % manages to obtain a BSMT/BSME degree required to do the OIC level board examination .
To put this in position this would mean that of the 82,205 that, according to MARINA ’ sulfur presentation, enrolled in 2018 only 14,690 are destined to complete their three class education and only 2,256 finally will go on board for their on dining table train and obtain the BSMT/BSME degree. Read that again…. 2,256 out of 82,205 starting ! ! ! True some of the 14,690 graduates who complete three years of academician survey may finally find their way on board as the best train ratings in the populace but angstrom far as producing OIC level candidates the system is highly ineffective. The majority of the 14,690 graduates will probably never set foot on board a ship and not many of the school owners seem to care or see it as their province .
Having said this one should realize that the educational field in the Philippines is a vary lot in which, let ’ s say the Top-10 schools are doing a good adequate job for owners to find the means to their graduates and pull off to work with the quality provided. It is sad to see that the well reputation of those schools is dragged down by the less creditworthy educators .
MARINA/CHED seem to be be telling underperforming schools to shape up or shape out
CHEDS Memorandum Order 070 is taking the bull by the horns by putting the responsibility for ensuring students undergo proper shipboard coach entirely with the Maritime Schools. I believe at the moment the requirement for placement for existing schools stands at 60 % and that it is the design to increase this over the years to 100 %. Whether 100 % is a realistic demand in practice remains to be seen. At the consequence some of the better schools are already struggling at 60 % but it is a dear motion to have a meaningful discussion with school owners on bringing numbers and quality more in line with the requirements of the industry .
How all this pans out remains to be seen as the proverbial educational bull has proven to be a tough one in the Philippines. It has managed to escape many times in the by or return to previous bad behavior. One wants the taurus to learn to behave, not to let it escape or kill it all together. But CHED/MARINA are to be lauded for this set about as it is a genuine attempt to improve the quality of the system including shipboard coach. Time will tell to what extent those dear intentione will be implemented .
Change is possible as the introduction of measures like the ‘school carrying capacity’ has proven.
But change is possible. Some years ago the ‘ carrying capacity ’ was introduced, linking the maximum number of enrolees to the available facilities and faculty of each educate. A common smell meter that has helped to half the number of enrolees from over one hundred sixty one thousand a few years ago to just over eighty two thousand in 2018 .
then back to the Seafarer of the future as this is what the MET-conference was about. What would be the needed attributes for the global maritime professional of the future.
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we expect a lot of the Global Maritime Professional of the future
IAMU already developed a framework for this, as VADM Eduardo Santos explained in his presentation. apart from having the technical competences, he/she needs to have high tied logical & critical think, eminent flush of professionalism & ethical behavior, human relationship skills, aroused intelligence, multicultural sensitivity, be environmental conscious, have an excellent clasp of contemporary issues and agility to adjust to new developments, have leadership skills and can work in a team. So basically, he/she needs to be a kind of superman/woman. Talking about a challenge for educators .
In discussions about the future people easily get carried expect about the view of the ( semitrailer ) -autonomous embark while there is so much more invention going on that is of more influence properly now. Discussions late in the program seemed to evolve around to what extent STCW is taking into account future requirements and how STCW should be adjusted. It is the lawyers approach to taking carry through. “ I need a law foremost ”. The obsession of some with STCW in this obedience is misplaced as often regulation lags real number developments. Owners are likely to be the first gear ones to come up with requirements for specialized coach before STCW making this a requirement. Nothing keeps schools/training centres from offering extra coach that is not ( so far ) part of STCW .
american samoa far as the autonomous transport is concerned Anglo Eastern ’ second Group Managing Director Capt Pradeep Chawla was quick to bring the attendees back on earth by reminding participants that the first autonomous vehicle was tested in 1985 and even today there are not many self driving cars on the road. Capt Chawla mentioned that IMO is in the scoping phase to see what areas of legislation will be affected by ( semifinal ) autonomous ships but that the audience better stress on improving present practices to cater for present trends .
Those practices ampere army for the liberation of rwanda as department of education and appraisal were surely tested by Dr. Marilyn Balagtas, University Professor & Dean of the College of Flexible Learning. For over an hour she managed to keep the crowd engaged on a potentially very dry topic of cognition transfer and appraisal. And she did thus in a authorize way and was able to slip in a few models and theory deoxyadenosine monophosphate well. What an department of energy and how effective she was in the end. A clear eye undoer for the traditional maritime lector I would say. Rethink how you teach, how effective are you in transferring cognition ?
A discussion evolved whether multiple-choice examinations are the mighty direction to test knowledge/competence. The Philippines is by no means the entirely area with multiple option exams but I think the verdict of the specialists in the dialog box was that it is far from ideal way but not impossible. It identical much depends on the type of questioning. Dr Balagtas is going to provide patronize to MARINA to see if better context can be created for the multiple-choice examination questions .
then there was a discussion on the utility of regimentation as part of the maritime education. IAMU Executive Director Takeshi Nakazawa clarified that very few maritime universities outside the Philippines have regimentation as partially of their course of study and wondered what positive contribution this could have to preparing students for future life on board. Clearly some of the older attendees seemed to disagree. No wonder as they were brought up in that system and obviously they believe it worked from them .
To be honest regimentation has besides been contribution of our cadet schemes at Avior Marine Inc. not to make cadets obey but to provide some structure and challenge them to get the utmost out of themselves. A bit if emotional and physical temper may help them to find their direction on board and in their future endeavor. In my watch the aim of regimentation and seaworthiness educate as we apply it in our platform is not to become good followers but rather to create the mental force and mentality to stand their footing and get the maximum out of themselves. To become good LEARNERS should be the objective.
I was felicitous to see that Capt Eric Gepilano, who gave an excellent dislocation on the trends in the martitime industry and how they are likely to affect future competence requirements, making mention about the might of mentoring on display panel. An old art which has stood the test of times and if done by rights is credibly one of the best facilitators for development of cadets and juniors. Capt Gepilano, a great mentor himself, referred to the Nautical booklet Mentoring at Sea by Capt Andre Le Goubin in which Capt Le Goubin states that it does not have to take more than systematically spending 10 minutes a day to mentor a junior and to well improve their development .
sol looking back at this one and half day at the Manila Oceanarium how was I to assess the result of this MET conference. No real answers to the questions about the future were provided but who can predict the future ? But it managed to create some healthy food for opinion for educators, regulators and early impale holders. It was a varied program and as for me wondering who would get more attention the presenters or the fish, I think the presenters and the format came clearly out on top and that ‘s an accomplishment in itself. well done IAMU and MARINA .
