Philippine maritime schools and the state agencies supervising them would do well to psych themselves up for the final audit by the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) this October. And what better way than through music? We suggest, as a kind of hurrah song for the Filipinos, the 1967 Beatles hit ‘Getting Better’. The tune is suggestive of change and optimism. Whether the country’s MET (maritime education and training) system has in fact changed for the better remains, of course, to be seen by the EMSA inspectors. ~Barista Uno
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRL00smhmc4
Sure is appropriate except the phrase “getting better all the time.” It might be “Getting bitter all the time.” Will have to keep my fingers crossed that it gets better by the time of the EMSA audit this coming month.
It is practically impossible to say that Philippines has not gotten better with all the new set of Quality Standard System and outcome based training designs being implemented by MARINA which are all specifically aligned with the 2010 STCW Competence requirements.
Is it getting better? Hope so but don’t think so.
Everybody is entitled to their own opinion. But for me, I think there is a very good reason why ship owners preferred Filipinos for their vessels. I think Filipinos will not be preferred if Filipinos does not have a system that works. Other than that, opinions are just opinions in the end.