PANGASINAN PUBLIC COLLEGE EYES JOBS ABROAD FOR STUDENTS WITH INTERNATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS

March 1, 2025 Provincial

LINGAYEN, Pangasinan

The barely one year old Pangasinan Polytechnic College (PPC) hits a milestone recently as it partnered with an
international institution to give its students better trainings and allow them to compete in the international market.
The PPC recently signed a memorandum of agreement with the Globarx Philippines to “reinforce education, internship programs and job placements for its students.”

The MOQ was signed by Globarx founder and CEO, Kenta Morinaga and PPC president Prof. Raymundo Rivillos, the latter saying that the partnership “focuses on industry-academia programs to include Japan-government-funded donation courses which are offered through PPC in partnership with Japanese government agencies and companies.” Globarx Philippines, in its Facebook page says it is to “support foreign professionals who want to find a job or switch careers in Japan.”

Rovillos, formerly the University of the Philippines Baguio chancellor, said in a release by the Pangasinan information office that “those initiatives are basically aimed to equip PPC students with pivotal technical skills and help them explore career opportunities with Japanese firms, both in the Philippines and Japan.” Rovillos, who helped secure for Baguio a UNESCO recognition as a creative city, added in the release that aside from specializing in
recruiting foreign talent, Globarx, “also supports employment of international students, provides online Japanese language training, and offers consulting services related to foreign recruitment as well.”

Earlier, PPC was able to link with international foundations such as the Lotte Scholarship Foundation which awarded scholarships to some 80 Pangasinense students including 20 from PPC. PPC has also strengthened international collaboration by participating in the 2024 Indigeneity and Landscape Analysis Workshop held in Taiwan last December. The event was organized by National Chengchi University (NCCU) in collaboration with the Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency and the Nanzhuang Saisiat PalaSan Cooperative.

Said workshop, the release said, was participated in by delegates from higher education institutions (HEIs) and organizations in the Philippines and international institutions such as the Hongkong Polytechnic University, the Toyama University (Japan), and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) in the United States. It is also set to sign a MOA with NCCU to strengthen said partnership. The PPC is a legacy project of Governor Ramon V. Guico III aimed to fulfill the dream of every poor Pangasinense family  to have at least one college graduate/professional in their household.

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