DOLE: PHL confident of meeting intl standards on maritime educ
The Philippines expressed confidence it can correct the deficiencies noted by the European Commissionâs Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) on the countryâs compliance with international standards on seafarersâ education, training, and certification. In a news release posted on the DOLE website on Friday, Acting Labor Secretary Danilo Cruz said the Philippines will most likely finish correcting ahead of the August deadline the deficiencies on maritime education and training. The deficiencies were noted by the European Commissionâs Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) as it assessed the Philippines' compliance with the STCW (Standards of Training, Certification, and Watchkeeping) Convention on the system concerning seafarersâ education, training, and certification. âThe Maritime Training Council, Professional Regulation Commission, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, and the Commission on Higher Education have been working closely and doubly hard to undertake the corrective actions on the deficiencies and shall be submitting the report by the end of the month," Cruz said. âWe are fully confident that we can address these deficiencies and submit the report before the end of August," he added. Deficiencies EMSA inspectors visited the country to verify the Philippinesâ compliance with the training education, and certification system under the STCW Convention. The deficiencies that the EMSA inspectors noted were those about: