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October 03, 2008 - With its commitment to promote, develop and advance awareness and knowledge of capital market and entrepreneurship in the Philippines, Southville International School and Colleges (SISC), a premiere international school in BF Homes International, Las Piñas City launched the first Capital Market and Entrepreneurship Center (CMEC) in the Philippines during the 18th founding anniversary of SISC on September 18, 2008.
Present in the inauguration was Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) President, Atty. Francis Ed Lim who expressed his strong support for SISC’s advocacy to bring to the academic and business communities in South Metro Manila, actual and real time daily stock trading transactions through the PSE.
Director General Antonio Y. Ortiz of Technology Resource Center (TRC) who also attended the inauguration commended the strengthening of the SISC-TRC partnership in bringing livelihood training programs to south of Manila through the Center.
Mr. Reynaldo Nograles, Chairman of the Capital Market Institute of the Philippines (CMIP), and the investment expert at CMEC disclosed that the Center as the Secretariat of the CMIP would provide the needed support in the conduct of the Investment Training Accreditation Program (ITAP). Geared towards nationwide training of college instructors in teaching investment, financial management, and capital market and securities market subjects, ITAP runs an accreditation program for educators in which qualified applicants are provided a one-week scholarship training prior giving them the teaching accreditation battery exams.
According to Dr. Violeta Lazaro, SISC Director for Business Education, one of the objectives of the center is to serve as incubation shop for Business Education students in preparing their business plans, research, feasibility studies and in designing and developing prototypes of their products.
Southville International School and Colleges’ Capital Market and Entrepreneurship Center (CMEC) is the first of its kind launched by an academic institution in the Philippines. For inquiries, you may e-mail the school at sisc_pr ( @ ) yahoo dot com
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