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Mutual Certification for IT Engineers in Asia: History, Benefits, and Current Status

This presentation by Ms. Ma. Corazon M. Akol, President of PhilNITS Foundation Inc., provides an overview of the Asian Common Skill Standard Initiative for IT Engineers, the mutual certification system, and its impact on IT human resource development in Asian countries.

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Mutual Certification for IT Engineers in Asia: History, Benefits, and Current Status

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  1. Presented by: Ms. Ma. Corazon M. Akol President Philippine National IT Standards (PhilNITS) Foundation, Inc.

  2. How it began • October, 2000. Chiang Mai, Thailand, • ASEAN+ Japan, China and Korea • Economic Ministers’ Meeting • Mr. Hiranuma, Minister of Economy, Trade and • Industry Proposed • Asian Common Skill Standard Initiative for IT Engineers • Use experience and know-how in IT examination fields - Establish examination system for IT engineers in Asia • Mutual certification based on skill standards  IT human resource development in Asia countries, promotion of mobility and more effective use of IT engineers in Asia

  3. Why Mutual Certification?  To establish common standards for the skills of IT engineers within the region  To reduce costs and risk to companies expanding business overseas when hiring local engineers.  To make it easier for companies in the area to establish business alliance for software development  To provide a common measure for IT engineers seeking employment

  4. Current Status of Mutual Certification

  5. In Japan the organizers are: • Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) • Sets standards • Announce examination dates in Official Gazette • List names of successful applicants in Official Gazette • Japan IT Engineers Examination Center (JITEC). • A division of Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA) • Undertakes all examination administration work • Prepare questions and answer sheets, Select venues, Grade papers, Announce successful applicants, Prepare and deliver certificates signed by Minister

  6. Very brief history of the exams in Japan 1969 First Exams held (Class I and II) 1984 Japan IT Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) Categories added, reviewed and revised to meet social demands 2004 JITEC becomes a part of Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) an independent administration agency under METI

  7. Objectives of the Examination • Improve individual technical competence. • Indicate levels of competence required for various fields of IT engineers, to act as guidelines in education and training. • To establish objective criteria for evaluating skill and competence of IT engineers. Also aims to raise social status of qualified engineers.

  8. Basic Structure of the IT Engineers Examination Program .

  9. Role of each Examination Category

  10. The Total Number of Applicants and Successful Candidates (from 1969 through to 2004 Spring) Applicant Numbers (1969-2004 Spring) SA 65,954 SU 153,619 PM 109,542 AE 561,027 SM 79,499 PE 84,245 NW 737,282 DB 167,267 ES 28,588 SW 1,945,172 FE 6,346,761 SS 100,547 SD 64,595 AD 1,594,527 TOTAL 12,038,625 Successful Candidates Numbers (1969-2004 Spring) SA 2,623 SU 5,440 PM 4,262 AE 22,055 SM 2,940 PE 4,321 NW 23,935 DB 7,430 ES 2,172 SW 160,523 FE 656,254 SS 8,048 SD 2,735 AD 377,293 TOTAL 1,280,031

  11. Expected Roles of Information Technology Engineers Examination • What does the industry expect from the exams? • Develop high level professionals (43.3%) • Evaluate fundamental skills applicable to various • challenges in information technology (40.2%) • Unlike vendor tests, less emphasis on part of the companies to view qualifiers as immediate work force of specific products.

  12. IT Engineers Examination Vs. Vender Certifications IT Engineers Examination  Common course for IT engineers. Covers all areas regardless of product Vendor Certifications  Elective course on each individual product

  13. TOP 10 INFORMATION COMPANIES NUMBER OF ITEE QUALIFIERS • Company Sales M¥ ITEE TOTAL • QUALIFIERS WORK • NTT DATA 750,703 6,432 7,232 • OTSUKA CORP. 316,578 1,370 6,222 • NTT COMMWARE 301,554 3,959 5,821 • NIHON UNISYS 251,412 1,810 3,042 • ITOCHU TECHNO SCIENCE 245,667 N.A. 2,014 • HITACHI SOFTWARE ENG’G 220,432 9,102 5,653 • NOMURA RESEARCH INST. 216,122 5,552 3,393 • FUJITSU BUSINESS SYSTEMS 167,575 452 3,391 • HITACHI INFO. SYSTEMS 154,114 4,265 5,107 • CSK CORP. 146,420 4,398 4,768 • SOME EMPLOYEES ARE QUALIFIED IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES

  14. Why do people take the exams? • Develop individual ability by studying for the Exams (65.8%) • Better jobs (20.3%) • (38.6 for Students) • Promotion (11.2%) • (23.3% for software/information service industry) • Questionnaire survey on IT Engineers Examination (February 1999, JITEC)

  15. Preferential Treatment for Successful Candidates • In Japan •  Exemption of certain subjects in other national examinations: • Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultants Examination Patent Attorney Examination • High school teachers license examination, etc. •  Preferential treatment for employment contracts recognized under Labor Standards Law • In Asia • University degree or 10 year work experience requirement waived when applying for Japanese work visa

  16. Certification Exams in the Philippines

  17. Pilot Test Result Applicants Examinees Passed % Passed Philippines 813 726 44 6.1% Manila 730 628 36 5.7% Cebu 101 98 8 8.2% Japan 128,270 84,113 14,741 17.5% Top 10 examinees awarded scholarships to Japan!

  18. Knowledge Field • Computer Science Fundamentals • Computer Systems • Systems Development and Operation • Network Technology • Database Technology • Security • Standardization • Computerization and Management • Component Design (Internal Design) • Detailed Design (Program Design) • Program Implementation • Programming Languages

  19. JITSE Phil. Examination Summary of the Results September 08, 2002 *(The 2001 Examination was administered in Manila and Cebu only).

  20. 2nd JITSE Phil. Examination Summary of the Results September 07, 2003 Total Passing Rate 8.4%

  21. 3nd JITSE Phil. Examination Summary of the Results April 25, 2004 Total Passing Rate 6.2%

  22. 4th JITSE Phil. Examination Summary of the Results October 10, 2004 Total Passing Rate 19.5%

  23. MRA Signing between JITSE & JITEC April 17, 2002

  24. MOJ recognized JITSE as Philippine Nihon Joho Gijutsu Hyojun Shiken Zaidan On May 30, 2003

  25. May 29, 2003 BUREAU OF PRODUCT STANDARDS, DTI accepts JITSE as Phil. National Standard- PNS 2030:2003 Information Technology Engineers for Skills Standards

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