AMAES supports declaration of Quezon City as ‘ICT Capital’

AMA Education System (AMAES) said it staunchly supports the declaration of Quezon City as the "Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Capital" of the country.

Paying tribute to the richest and most progressive city in the Philippines, AMA welcomed the resolution of the Quezon City council, saying it is high time to recognize the burgeoning ICT sector in the city.

Councilor Julian Coseteng, son of former Sen. Nikki Coseteng, authored the resolution.

The Quezon City government has long been a special partner of AMA in its quest for economic and educational growth.

Aside from providing its graduates with IT skills as well as employment, AMA has been conducting countless socio-civic endeavors to help the city’s underprivileged sector.

In line with the city’s efforts to strengthen its business process outsourcing (BPO) industry, AMA recently introduced courses in call center, customer service and medical transcription.

These new learning programs can considerably support Quezon City’s aim of producing skilled professionals needed in the contact center and BPO industry.

The BPO industry is a very progressive area of ICT. The Philippines is recognized as a source of call center agents due to the Filipinos’ English proficiency as well as low wages in the country.

Convergys, an international call center company, is one of AMA’s partners, which recently opened an office in Quezon City that can accommodate 1,500 call center agents.

Another business partner that has made the city its trade base is Link2Support, a major provider of technical support to BPO providers.

Recognized as the first IT university, AMA said it regards Quezon City as its premier business center.

Twenty AMAES educational institutions, led by AMA Computer University (AMACU) in Project 8, are located in the city.

Moreover, its main office, which is the central hub of all AMAES schools, is located on Panay Avenue in Quezon City.

Apart from AMACU, world-class IT-based programs and courses are also offered by ABE International Business College, acclaimed as the pioneer in e-Business education.

For its part, the AMA Computer Learning Center (ACLC) presents courses that are designed to immediately equip the students with the necessary skills to be able to compete in the progressive ICT industry. Graduates who are now in various fields of endeavor are proof of its aim for global excellence in learning.

AMAES is ably supported by its international affiliates in education such as Microsoft, Cisco Systems, NCC-UK, Alpha Innovations and Festo.

"As part of its commitment to innovations and to promote IT in the country, AMA utilizes the e-Learning system by means of advanced satellite technology," Johnny Ramos, AMAES vice president, said.

"AMA students can acquire e-Learning via satellite and wirelessly — a very effective tool that can supplement other online services offered by the school such as webcast (streaming video and audio), interactive facilities (chat, electronic messaging, e-mail), Intralearn and voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP)," he added.