DURING last week's meeting of maritime stakeholders with Education Secretary Juan Edgardo Angara to discuss the importance of basic education, specifically the senior high school level, in enhancing the qualification of those who aim to pursue a maritime career, it was encouraging to hear the good secretary tie up the meeting agenda with the blue economy. The current administration has taken on board a blue economy framework to harness the opportunities and endowments the sea offers.
Industry stakeholders representing shipowners and manning agencies operating in domestic and international waters, maritime training and education institutions, and media practitioners acknowledged the crucial role the Department of Education (DepEd) plays in growing the country's maritime human resources. The archipelagic character of the Philippines bids it to adopt a governance that gives attention to capitalizing fully on the benefits to be derived from its waters.
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