NICP to help students get sideline jobs online

CEBU, Philippines — The National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP) will work closely with the academe nationwide to help students get sideline jobs online as it introduces its "work-from-school" program.

NICP president Antonio del Carmen said that the organization will work with the academe to craft a curriculum or business model that will incorporate the introduction of online job contracts to students, especially those who are taking courses that are mostly needed online such as web designing, programming, graphic arts, among others.

"If we have the so called work-from-home program, we might as well introduce a 'work-from-school' program too," said Del Carmen.

To craft a good model on this new concept, Del Carmen said there is a need for the academe and the ICT Council to work together and create an effective model, so as not to disrupt the students’ academic activities.

Once this methodology will be incorporated in the academe, students will have the opportunity to improve their skills at the same time earn a living.

Likewise, aside from encouraging students to join the freelancing world online, NICP will also try to influence the students in collaboration with academe to enter entrepreneurship, aside from thinking of being merely employed after college.

"We also want them to become employers themselves," Del Carmen said explaining further that students should also be taught to be entrepreneurs or become employers themselves in the online freelance market.

NICP targets to tap the countryside schools to create opportunities for students in the far-flung areas.

NICP is the recognized national organization of ICT Councils in the Philippines. It serves as the venue for collaboration and sharing of best practices for member organizations.

Over the years, NICP served as the unified voice for the Philippine Information and Communication Technology sector.

Under Del Carmen's leadership the NICP aims to have a stronger positioning of provincial locations for global services to be fueled by more active ICT councils that clearly understand their roles and set their directions.

NICP and its member councils shall work together to accelerate enabling conditions, such as infrastructure, government processes and business environment better and lobby for investors incentives especially in provincial areas, where high sense of business confidence must be in place.