Expansion of acceptance of foreigners to resolve labor shortage New education initiatives Oct. 10th 1:17
In order to eliminate the labor shortage, this month, a new system to expand the acceptance of foreign human resources that started from the beginning, an effort to strengthen the local education system to increase the acceptance from the Philippines began.
This initiative was started by the Japan Foundation, an independent administrative agency that conducts part of the qualification test, in the Philippines, in an effort to support the acquisition of a new status of residence “specific skills” to expand acceptance of foreign personnel. It was.
90 people including Filipino teachers who taught Japanese participated in the seminar held in Manila.
Teachers are not directly acquiring qualifications, but are responsible for teaching Japanese to those who want to acquire qualifications, and at the seminar, experts gave tips on passing the exam.
Of the “specific skills”, the first qualification for 14 industries such as nursing and construction, the Japanese government expects to accept more than 47,000 people this year alone. Yes, only 300 people have been qualified as of last month.
In the Philippines, seven exams have been conducted so far, but there are times when the pass rate of the test to test basic Japanese ability was 25%. I want to support the acquisition of qualification by strengthening.