MANILA, Philippines. (28 May 2019) - The World Maritime University (WMU) delegation recently visited the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) national headquarters in Manila as part of the field study program for the Maritime Education and Training (MET) students last 27 May 2019.

WMU-MET delegates is composed of 13 students from Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Liberia, Argentina, Malaysia, Thailand, Myanmar, India and Fiji, with an accompanying professor from WMU.

The visit commenced as Ms Anne Pazaver, WMU professor paid a courtesy call to the PCG Commandant, Admiral Elson E Hermogino. The delegates were briefed about the organization’s functions, mandates and modenization developments. The delegates were also given a short vessel tour onboard PCG’s multi-role response vessel, BRP Tubbataha (MRRV 4401). A welcome dinner for the delegates was also hosted by the Deputy Chief of Coast Guard Staff for Education and Training led by Captain Vivien Jane E Cay PCG.

The visit provided the students an opportunity to learn from the country’s public administration, management and operational aspects of its maritime industry and maritime education and training.

The WMU’s MET program provides the knowledge essential for the optimization of maritime education systems under international law. It is a specialization designed for officers in leadership and administration of human development process in the work context, of maritime education and training, and organizational management in both academic and non-academic settings.

To date, a total of 59 Coast Guard scholars graduated from WMU programs since 1993 in various specializations such as MET, MET (Navigation), Maritime Safety and Environmental Administration, Maritime Safety and Environmental Protection, Maritime Safety Affairs (Engineering), Maritime Safety Affairs (Navigation), Maritime Affairs, Marine Environmental and Ocean Management, Integrated Coastal and Ocean Management, Maritime Law and Policy, and Maritime Affairs (Post-graduate program).