TIP computing, IT programs gain Seoul Accord recognition

MANILA, Philippines - The computing and information technology programs of the Technological Institute of the Philippines (TIP) are now recognized by the Seoul Accord.

First signed in Seoul, South Korea, the Accord is an agreement among the accreditation bodies of the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and South Korea to establish a standard for preparation of computing and IT professionals that crosses national borders, establishing a mechanism to measure substantial equivalence of education quality.

They also agreed to recognize those programs accredited by the other signatories in their own jurisdictions, as substantially equivalent to corresponding ones accredited by each signatory.

At the most recent meeting of the Seoul Accord in June, the signatories removed the restriction of accreditation recognition only in their own jurisdiction.

With this policy change, TIP computing and IT programs are acknowledged to have met the stringent academic requirements in some of the world’s most developed countries, because these TIP programs have been accredited by ABET, a founding signatory of the Seoul Accord.

ABET accreditation sets the global standard for programs in applied science, computing, engineering, and engineering technology.

Consequently, TIP’s computing and IT graduates can look forward to enhanced professional mobility and improved competitiveness in the international workplace.

The next few years will see a growing demand for IT skills and a need to fill different positions in countries covered by the Seoul Accord.

A Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce report forecasts that by 2018, 51 percent of science, technology, engineering and math jobs in the US will be computer occupations.

In Canada, an IT labor market report has revealed that more than 180,000 information communication and technology professionals will be needed by 2019.