Allvoices.com: UP ITTC, University of the Philippines Diliman: Pioneering Training and Job Opportunities In Information Technology

"The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) chair Ester Albano Garcia favored and endorsed the establishment of the IT Education and recruitment Center that the University of the Philippines S&T Park set up for funding by the Japanese Government under JICA, Japan International Cooperation Agency Grant Aid Program."

"By August of 2001, the Academe submitted to the Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) Project Proposals, concept papers for the UP IT Training Center under Japan's Cooperation Agency (JICA) Grant Aid Program for the establishment an IT Training Center at the University of the Philippines in Diliman to hone and upgrade the IT the skills of Filipinos in sofware Engineering and embedded systems."

"The UPITTC Project was presented by UP President Francisco Nemenzo to the Philippine IT council in Malacanan and became a priority project of the Japanese Government during the Arroyo administration."

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