False Promises
Newspaper, The Philippine Star recently raised the thorny issue of seafarer
oversupply as they questioned why the country is still producing so many
maritime graduates when they cannot be absorbed by the world shipping market.
According to a damning indictment of the current system, they slam maritime
schools who advertise their services to, "sail around the world and earn in
dollars". They claim trainees and their families are spending thousands of
pesos for tuition fees and other cost and demand that people are warned of the,
"empty promises of maritime recruitment".
The Philippines has long been the leading supplier of seafarers to the
worldwide shipping industry. Indeed Filipinos sit alongside Indians as the
preferred crews of choice. Though the xenophobic Philippine Star believes that
Filipinos have the edge because, "Indians are known to be argumentative, while
Filipinos are more amiable". Guess we'll find out from the emails we get.
The paper wants to bring the government's attention to the big social problem
plaguing the industry, the fact that they have 93 maritime schools accredited
by the government, churning out 20,000 graduates per year. In 2010, the nation
deployed 82,000 officers and 125,000 ratings.
According to their number crunching the industry only needs 5,000 graduates
yearly to replace retiring seafarers and to meet new labour demands. So what is
to happen to the remaining 15,000 graduates yearly who cannot find employment?
The maritime education sector is currently guilty of promising a false dream as
the oversupply of maritime graduates means that thousands of maritime students
do not get the opportunity to practice what they've been studying for.
The media campaign wants to see the Philippine government cease issuing new
licenses for maritime schools unless they can prove that they can put up a
higher standard of maritime education and have the latest equipment and systems
in place. Without a reassessment, then the promise of "sailing around the world
and earning dollars" is no longer a dream but a nightmare to victimised parents
and students.
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