Korea to build $7.5M tech-voc training center in RP

MANILA, Philippines—The Korea International Cooperation Agency (Koica) has signed an agreement with Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) and the Department of National Defense for the construction of a Human Resource Development Training Center in Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City.

The facility aims to enhance job opportunities for Filipinos by offering various technical-vocational courses.

Under the agreement, the South Korean government will provide a $7.5-million (about P330-million) grant to cover the construction of a four-story training center at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, provide equipment, dispatch Korean experts to the Philippines, and train Filipino officials and staff in Korea.

Koica vice president Dongwon Ahn, who signed the Record of Discussions (ROD) on behalf of Korea, said the center further proves Korea’s firm commitment to expanding economic opportunities for Filipinos through technical-vocational education.

“How did Korea progress from being a very poor country to a member of the exclusive OECD-DAC (Organization for Economic Cooperation Development-Development Assistance Committee) in less than 60 years? The answer is quite complex, but if there’s one thing that we did that made a very big impact, it’s investing in our human resources. The HRD Center that will rise in Fort Bonifacio is our way of helping replicate our success in human resource development in the Philippines,” Ahn said.

He added that the center will also serve as a memorial for the Filipinos that fought alongside South Korea during the Korean War some 60 years ago.

“The Philippines sent the largest Asian contingent during the war, and we are forever grateful for your help. This is our own little way of helping an old friend face its challenges as well,” Ahn explained.

Upon its completion in 2014, the Taguig HRD center will be the third training center built by Koica in the Philippines. In 2003, Koica provided a $10-million grant to construct a Vocational Training Center in Davao City and an IT Training Center in Quezon City (in what is now the Quezon City Polytechnic University). Both centers were opened in 2005.

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Rodell [Moderator] Yesterday 10:53 AM
Korea is really our friend, they help and still wanted to help our country to rebuild. the good thing about Koreans is they work really hard and they don’t waste time. Something that we should emulate…
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starky [Moderator] Yesterday 04:34 PM
The Philippines has become like a province of South Korea. There could be more than a million Koreans living or staying in the Philippines already. Some Korean offenders even use the Philippines as their hiding place because they have relatives in almost every part of the country.

The reason why Koreans flock here is largely unknown although many have said that it’s a lot cheaper to live here than in South Korea and the country is also way more laid back. Some said that they are here for a basic and transitory English course and will eventually transfer to either Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, or USA to hone and improve their English skills further by speaking native English.

Some also said that South Koreans live in a constant fear of their neighboring communist country, North Korea, whose temperament could boil away any time, attacking south korea with deadly nuclear armaments or destroying a humungous dam that will flush billions of cubic meters of water into Geonggi province where the Capital, Seoul, and with a population of more than 12 million, is also located.

Some said that South Koreans just feel an affinity to Filipinos more than any other peoples in Asia. Most of them hate Japan and they do not go along well with neighboring China. Whatever the reason is, one could not really help but wonder why. –INQUIRER.net