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Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Koronadal positioning as ICT hub
KORONADAL CITY -- The City Government of Koronadal plans to invest on the establishment of modern information and communication technology (ICT) and language training facilities as it gears to transform the city into a prime outsourcing and call center hub in Mindanao over the next two years.
Mayor Fernando Miguel said the local government is currently preparing a program that would manage the development of a ready pool of highly trained professionals and skilled workers for future jobs in call centers and medical transcription companies.
"We consider the ICT industry as the future of our city in terms of development. So our direction now is to lay down the ground works in terms of policies, infrastructure and human resources," Miguel said in his weekly radio program.
Miguel said he is initially planning to set up speech laboratories in the city's four public high schools and at the proposed new city hall complex.
He said local government would facilitate the offering of free English language proficiency trainings for students, city government employees, and interested residents.
"We realized that we have many skilled ICT workers and professionals here but most of them are not proficient in English language and grammar. If we want to join the call center and medical transcription bandwagon, we have to reverse this trend the soonest possible time," Miguel said.
The Department of Trade and Industry earlier identified the city as an alternative ICT investment center in the Soccsksargen region under its industry clustering strategy.
Last year, a medical transcription firm Garner Global Transcriptionist Inc. opened a production office in the city. It is the first medical transcription firm to have opened in the region, which serves as an offshore outsourcing agent for United States-based clients. (Allen V. Estabillo)
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