My reflection on the

Standardization of IT and Computer Science studies in the Philippines

            Filipino is known for its dedication, hard work, discipline, passion when it comes to work, not to mentioned the level skills of the Filipinos that has been known all over the world. That is why Filipinos are still highly employable across the country. But then again the government especially Legaspi are worried about the diminishing quality or level of expertise of the Filipinos when it comes to technology.

Legaspi believes that “the private sector needs to realize that it has a huge responsibility to the local IT community. It is important to facilitate mutual understanding of each other’s strengths and challenges, because the future of their businesses relies heavily on the academe. These are the same people who will develop and mold their future workers, managers, and leaders.” And this is true. Even though Filipinos are great in terms of professionalism, still there is chance to loose it because of the quality of education in relation to technology was little by little has been taken for granted.

That is why this call for social awareness is just in time. We should not be contended, we have to go with the flow of changes in the development of the technology as well the fast changes in academe. We must always keep in mind that we are competing with other countries, in order to maintain the reputations of the great Filipinos who had make and still making names in the world of Information Technology.

Legaspi said that “institutions that are serious and determined to provide proper education to aspiring IT professionals are doing their communities and the entire country a great service, while on the other hand, those institutions that are not committed to providing even the minimum level of education stipulated by the government are doing a great disservice to the country and to the families of students investing their hard-earned money in their children’s education.

As a final message made by Legaspi, he called for greater participation from the industry in supporting the educational system. “I’d like to encourage more IT companies to be involved in the various initiatives of both government institutions and of non-government organizations to support the academe. The academe is the foundation of our industry and if we let it fall apart, so goes our industry.”