CIT partners w/ Canadian educators, US certifier

CEBU, Philippines - Cebu Institute of Technology-University (CIT) signed recently a Memorandum of Agreement with the Canadian Institute of Business & Technology (CIBT) Group, holding company for Sprott Shaw College, a Canadian educational institution with extensive expertise and focus on the global education sector. 

Sprott Shaw College is one of the largest and oldest private post-secondary institutions in western Canada with 12 campuses and global presence in 18 countries. Sprott Shaw’s group of colleges offer  certificate, diploma, and degree programs in a wide variety of industries such as in healthcare, tourism and hospitality, business, social development, and the trades.

The partnership aims to enhance and widen CIT University’s course offerings by introducing to Cebu City’s HRM professionals and practitioners, its own HRM and Tourism students, and those of other schools, internationally-recognized certifications in the fields of hospitality and tourism management from the American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute (AHLEI).

The AH&LEI is the premier source for delivering quality hospitality education, training and professional certification that serves the needs of hospitality schools and industries worldwide since its establishment in 1953.  Professional Certifications are primary credentials required by international and premier hotels and restaurants for their professional and career staff requirements.

AHLEI certifies and validates competencies in conjunction with academia and industry experts for over 35 positions in the hospitality industry; designations from front-line to general manager, including the prestigious CHA - the Certified Hotel Administrator.

The newly-forged agreement would also ensure that the training and validation for HRM certifications would be affordable to Filipino HRM professionals, students and would-be OFWs. 

CIT University will be launching the Certified Guest Service Professional (CGSP), Front Office  Operations, Managing Food & Beverage Operations and Gaming Security by May and June of this year, as its first few AHLEI Professional Certification courses offered with Sprott Shaw College. (FREEMAN)