Graduation ceremony of young nautical officers from the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific ( MAAP ) in Kamaya Point, the 12th of December 2014 CONTRUBUTED PHOTO
“ ( We ) compared this to PMA. Pag calibrate nanogram mga kadete, they become officers pero hindi nila alam kung Air Force, Navy or Army. Sa pag-distribute nanogram graduates ng PMA, for exemplar, those going to the Navy, they will be trained for one year before wholly maging Navy officers sila. “ He said they have to undergo the Naval Officers ‘ Qualification Course for one year before they can board a Philippine Navy ship.
Under the said scheme, Emperad explained, “ Like when BSMArE and BSMT graduates start their shipboard train ( rather of during the course where most of them can not be accommodated onboard ships and therefore can not graduate after 4 years ), the principal will see the dispute of competent future seafarers because they will undergo more simulator train and practical exercises during their run. Marina can now focus on developing and construct up the competence and progressive careers of the seafarers thru training to be offered by Maritime Training Institutions ( MTI ). We will focus on the MTIs quite than MHEIs where CHED is the final authority ”. STCW Office Executive Director VAdm Rene Medina, who further elaborated on what he calls the proposed enhanced course of study standardization for BSMT and BSmarE programs explained that they will continue to be four-year courses, but rather of the give onboard train on the fourth class, students would remain in school for extra subjects and more lab activities and hardheaded training using simulators .
“ We will make four straight years air national guard BS ( degree ) natin. In the fourth year, alternatively of the onboard trail, whatever they do onboard ships, they can perform first on land. It will be more concenter on more testing ground and simulator ( training ) and will add subjects needed to prepare the students for influence after graduation. ”
Summing up the proposed curricular changes, Medina said, “ Tatanggalin na po natin air national guard OBT at straight na four-year class na siya, and we will introduce more lab activities and simulator train. ”
These include, Medina said : “ Regime of island, territorial sea, conterminous zone, seafarers ‘ responsibilities within that regimen of island, freedom of seafaring and right of innocent passage so our seafarers would be at par with other seafarers of other countries. ” foster, the proposal will besides serve as corrective natural process to shortcomings identified by the european Maritime Safety Agency ( EMSA ) in the execution of the Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping ( STCW ) Convention, peculiarly on the structured shipboard training “ This is one of our interventions, ” the STCW Office Executive Director said adding that “ hagip na rin polonium rito air national guard complaisance natin sa EMSA belem, at least, air national guard mga estudyante natin pagka-graduate po nila master of arts maalam na sila. ” Under the proposed frame-up, the scholar can complete the BSMT and BSMarE programs and graduate. Upon graduation, they may commence the annual OBT under Marina ‘s supervision. After completing the 12 months, they will be issued their certificate of Competency ( COC ) by the nautical Administration .
The proposal has already been presented to the Technical Panel for Maritime Education ( TPME ), the body tasked to recommend to CHED en banc any curricular changes to the nautical programs. even good a few months away from the end of his term, Empedrad, who chairs the TPME, remains confident the proposal can be implemented very soon.
“ In the switch to newfangled curriculum the freshman flush ( may start ) future year, 2022-2023 ; the second class in 2023-2024, the third year in 2024-2025. indeed sa ( academic year ) 2025-2026, pwede na nating i-implement ito. ”
