CLARK FREEPORT — Clark Development Corporation (CDC) has signed a memorandum of agreement with Pampanga State University (PamSU) to offer master’s degree scholarships for CDC employees.
The agreement was signed by CDC President and CEO Atty. Agnes VST Devanadera and PamSU President Dr. Enrique Baking during the Anti-Red Tape Authority’s (ARTA) Business and Academic Summit for Nation-Building held at the PamSU Hostel on September 17. ARTA Director General Atty. Ernesto Perez witnessed the signing.
The partnership allows CDC employees to pursue graduate programs including the Master in Public Administration major in Regulatory Management Systems (MPA-RMS), Master in Public Administration, and Master in Business Administration. CDC will shoulder all tuition and related fees.
CDC is the first government agency to partner with PamSU for the MPA-RMS program, which Dr. Baking said is the first of its kind in the Philippines and Southeast Asia. The program is designed to equip public servants with knowledge on regulatory reform and innovation.
“We should have the system and we should have the people both knowing the ease of doing business. This is the partnership that will create the impact and that will revolutionize what we have here in the Philippines,” Atty. Devanadera said.
The graduate programs are aligned with CDC’s succession planning efforts and aim to prepare next-in-rank employees for higher-level positions.
The initiative builds on CDC’s earlier under the Scholarship Collaboration for Workers Engaging in Learning Advancement (SCWELA) Program scholarships, which enabled employees without college degrees to complete their undergraduate studies in Entrepreneurship through a partnership with a city college.