2022 PHILIPPINE RESPONSE - Report - Page 40
KEY AREA 1
PHILIPPINE MEASURES
Immediate Measures
6.
The Joint TWG created by CHED
and
MARINA
have
comprehensively reviewed and
revised
Annex
C Course
Specifications for BSMT and
BSMarE of CMO No. 14, series of
2018 entitled “Addendum to CMO
67 series of 2017 entitled revised
Policies, Standards and Guidelines
for the BSMT and BSMarE
programs” to address the missing
KUPs noted in the ECAR and to
ensure that all the KUPs under the
STCW
Code
are
sufficiently
covered.
For the courses Seam 2 and Seam
6, MHEIs were also directed to
acquire the stress calculating
equipment/computer
and
appropriate software to calculate
vessel
stability
and
trim
(applications) to address the
Course Outcomes, and other
required equipment for courses
identified, cognizant of the policies
and
standards
on
carrying
capacity.
(Attachment
20,
Attachment 20-A, Attachment 20B, Attachment 20-C, Attachment
21)
7.
Based on the revised course
specifications, the MHEIs were
directed through Joint CHEDMARINA Advisory No. 02, series of
2022 to review and revise their
detailed
teaching
syllabi
in
conformity with the revised course
specifications to be submitted no
later than 15 May 2022. The revised
detailed syllabi submitted by
MHEIs shall be evaluated and
approved for implementation for
Academic Year 2022-2023.
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As part of the efforts to ensure that
the BSMT and BSMarE programs
are structured in accordance with
the STCW Convention standard of
competence, a number of CHED
and MARINA personnel, together
with representatives from MHEIs,
underwent a training on the
principles
of
curriculum
development from December 2021
to January 2022. This is part of the
IMO’s training grant to the
Philippines under its International
Technical Cooperation Program
(ITCP). (Attachment 14)
