Presented by:

Ms. Ma. Corazon M. Akol

President
Philippine National IT Standards
(PhilNITS) Foundation, Inc.
 How it began
October, 2000. Chiang Mai, Thailand,
ASEAN+ Japan, China and Korea
Economic Ministers’ Meeting
Mr. Hiranuma, Minister of Economy, Trade and
Industry Proposed
Asian Common Skill Standard Initiative for IT Engineers
Use experience and know-how in IT examination fields
- Establish examination system for IT engineers in Asia
Mutual certification based on skill standards

IT human resource development in Asia countries, promotion of mobility
and more effective use of IT engineers in Asia
 Why Mutual Certification?

 To establish common standards for the

skills of IT engineers within the region
 To reduce costs and risk to companies
expanding business overseas when hiring
local engineers.
 To make it easier for companies in the area
to establish business alliance for software
development
 To provide a common measure for IT
engineers seeking employment
Current Status of Mutual Certification

JITSE Philippines
JITSE Philippines
 In Japan the organizers are:

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI)

-Sets standards
-Announce examination dates in Official Gazette
-List names of successful applicants in Official Gazette

Japan IT Engineers Examination Center (JITEC).

A division of Information-technology Promotion Agency
(IPA)
-Undertakes all examination administration work
-Prepare questions and answer sheets, Select venues, Grade
papers, Announce successful applicants, Prepare and deliver
certificates signed by Minister
 Very brief history of the exams in Japan

1969 First Exams held (Class I and II)

1984 Japan IT Engineers Examination Center
(JITEC)
Categories added, reviewed and revised to meet
social demands
2004 JITEC becomes a part of Information-technology
Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA) an
independent administration agency under
METI
 Objectives of the Examination

 Improve individual technical competence.

 Indicate levels of competence required for
various fields of IT engineers, to act as
guidelines in education and training.
 To establish objective criteria for evaluating
skill and competence of IT engineers. Also
aims to raise social status of qualified engineers.
 .
Systems Auditor Examination
AU

Independent
Systems Analyst Examination
AN

Project Manager Examination

PM

Application Systems
Engineer Examination

FE
AE

SW
Network Systems
NW

Database Systems
DB

Systems Management
SM
Examinations

Fundamental Information Technology Engineer Examination

Technical Engineer

Embedded Systems
Software Design & Development Engineer Examination

ES
Basic Structure of the

Information Systems Security

Administrator Examination
SS
AD

Senior Systems
Administrator Examination
Examination

SD
Information system user side

Systems Administrator
IT Engineers Examination Program
 Role of each Examination Category

Examination Category Role

Software Design & Develop software in accordance

Development Engineer with external specifications in
Examination (SW) information systems
development project

Fundamental Information Design and develop program

Technology Engineer in accordance with internal
Examination (FE) specification in information-
systems development project.
 The Total Number of Applicants and Successful
Candidates (from 1969 through to 2004 Spring)

Applicant Numbers Successful Candidates Numbers

(1969-2004 Spring) (1969-2004 Spring)
SA 65,954 SA 2,623
SU 153,619 SU 5,440
PM 109,542 PM 4,262
AE 22,055
AE 561,027
SM 2,940
SM 79,499
PE 4,321
PE 84,245
NW 23,935
NW 737,282
DB 7,430
DB 167,267
ES 2,172
ES 28,588
SW 160,523
SW 1,945,172
FE 656,254
FE 6,346,761
SS 8,048
SS 100,547
SD 2,735
SD 64,595
AD 377,293
AD 1,594,527
TOTAL 1,280,031
TOTAL 12,038,625
 Expected Roles of
Information Technology Engineers Examination

• What does the industry expect from the exams?

Develop high level professionals (43.3%)

Evaluate fundamental skills applicable to various

challenges in information technology (40.2%)
Unlike vendor tests, less emphasis on part of the
companies to view qualifiers as immediate work force of
specific products.
 IT Engineers Examination
Vs. Vender Certifications

IT Engineers Examination
 Common course for IT engineers.
Covers all areas regardless of product
Vendor Certifications
 Elective course on each individual
product
 TOP 10 INFORMATION COMPANIES
NUMBER OF ITEE QUALIFIERS

Company Sales M¥ ITEE TOTAL

QUALIFIERS WORK

1. NTT DATA 750,703 6,432 7,232

2. OTSUKA CORP. 316,578 1,370 6,222
3. NTT COMMWARE 301,554 3,959 5,821
4. NIHON UNISYS 251,412 1,810 3,042
5. ITOCHU TECHNO SCIENCE 245,667 N.A. 2,014
6. HITACHI SOFTWARE ENG’G 220,432 9,102 5,653
7. NOMURA RESEARCH INST. 216,122 5,552 3,393
8. FUJITSU BUSINESS SYSTEMS 167,575 452 3,391
9. HITACHI INFO. SYSTEMS 154,114 4,265 5,107
10. CSK CORP. 146,420 4,398 4,768

SOME EMPLOYEES ARE QUALIFIED IN MULTIPLE CATEGORIES

 Why do people take the exams?

•Develop individual ability by studying for the Exams

(65.8%)
• Better jobs (20.3%)
(38.6 for Students)

•Promotion (11.2%)
(23.3% for software/information service
industry)

Questionnaire survey on IT Engineers Examination (February 1999, JITEC)

 Preferential Treatment for Successful
Candidates

In Japan
 Exemption of certain subjects in other national
examinations:
Small and Medium Enterprise Management Consultants
Examination Patent Attorney Examination
High school teachers license examination, etc .

 Preferential treatment for employment contracts

recognized under Labor Standards Law

In Asia
University degree or 10 year work experience
requirement waived when applying for Japanese work visa

•
Certification Exams
in the Philippines
 Pilot Test Result

Applicants Examinees Passed % Passed

Philippines 813 726 44 6.1%
Manila 730 628 36 5.7%
Cebu 101 98 8 8.2%
Japan 128,270 84,113 14,741 17.5%
 Knowledge Field
1. Computer Science Fundamentals
2. Computer Systems
3. Systems Development and Operation
4. Network Technology
5. Database Technology
6. Security
7. Standardization
8. Computerization and Management
9. Component Design (Internal Design)
10. Detailed Design (Program Design)
11. Program Implementation
12. Programming Languages
 JITSE Phil. Examination Summary
of the Results September 08, 2002

No. of No. of No. of Rate of

EXAMINATION Applicants Examinees Successful Successful
SITE *(Previous *(Previous Year) Examinees Examinees
Year) *(Previous Year) *(Previous Year)
PHILIPPINES 744 719 38 5.3%
*(831) *(726) *(44) *(6.1%)

Baguio 32 32 0 0.0%
*(NA) *(NA) *(NA) *(NA)

Cebu 68 68 8 11.8%
*(101) *(98) *(8) *(8.2%)

Davao 40 40 0 0.0%
*(NA) *(NA) *(NA) *(NA)
Manila 604 579 30 5.2%
*(730) *(628) *(36) *(5.7%)

*(The 2001 Examination was administered in Manila and Cebu only).

 2nd JITSE Phil. Examination
Summary of the Results
September 07, 2003

Exam Site Registered Examinees Passed

Applicants

Manila 280 272 30

Cebu 62 56 5
Zamboanga 40 38 1
Davao 7 7 1
Baguio 71 70 -
Total 460 443 37
 3nd JITSE Phil. Examination
Summary of the Results
April 25, 2004

Exam Site Registered Examinees Passed

Applicants

Manila 195 130 10

Batangas 4 4 0
Baguio 33 13 0
Cebu 22 21 3
Zamboanga 41 41 0
Davao 2 2 0
Total 297 211 13
 4th JITSE Phil. Examination
Summary of the Results
October 10, 2004

Exam Site Registered Examinees Passed

Applicants

Manila 178 158 37

Baguio 28 21 0
Cebu 43 42 11
Cagayan de 15 14 1
Oro
Zamboanga 18 16 0
Total 282 251 49
MRA Signing between JITSE & JITEC
April 17, 2002
MOJ recognized JITSE as

Philippine Nihon Joho Gijutsu

Hyojun Shiken Zaidan
On May 30, 2003
 May 29, 2003
BUREAU OF PRODUCT STANDARDS, DTI
accepts JITSE as
Phil. National Standard- PNS 2030:2003
Information Technology Engineers for
Skills Standards