Maria Lourdes Pacis-AquilizanICT Competency Standards and

Certification Management

National ICT Competency Management (NCM) Service, DICT

ICT Competency and Certification

A-B-C Framework

ICT Competency Standards

ICT Competency Certification Programs

Partnership and Collaboration

RA 10844:

Primary policy, planning, coordinating, implementing, and administrative entity of the Executive Branch of the government that will plan, develop, and promote the national ICT development agenda.

D-ICT of the People, D-ICT for the People

National ICT Competency Management

National ICT Training

ICT Competency Standards and Certification

Management

Digital Literacy

ICT Competency

Standards Development / Alignment

ICT Competence Assessment

and Certification

Accreditation, Personnel QS, Career Pathing

Professionalize ICT human

resource, at par with

international standards

What is ICT Competency?knowledge and skills that an individual can and should be able to demonstrate at given levels of proficiency

What is ICT Competency Certification?an independent verification that the set of competencies required to perform a particular job is present

Why is ICT Competency Certification Important? process by which one can verify that the required

skills to do the job are present;

tool to determine if an individual is “work ready”

Assess

• Competence Assessment/Diagnostics

• Based on Competency Standards

Build

• Competence Building

• Off/Online, OJT

Certify

• Flexible Certification

• Off/Online

The ABC of empowering human resource through Competency Standards, Capacity Building and Certification

Assessment is FREE

Based on Competency Standards• National ICT Competency Standards [NICS]

defines the basic set of knowledge and skills that an individual can and should be able to demonstrate at given levels of proficiency

• National ICT Competency Framework – anchored to the ASEAN ICT Skills Standards Framework

Assess

Assess

NICS developed for various job roles (20 NICS)NICS-Basic NICS-Project Manager

NICS-Advanced NICS-Enterprise Architect

NICS-Civil Servant NICS-Information Security Specialist

NICS-Teacher NICS-IS Auditor

NICS-Webmaster NICS-Application Developers (3 sub)

NICS-CESO NICS-Network Specialists (3 sub)

NICS-GCIO NICS-CEC Knowledge Workers (3 sub)

compliant with the ASEAN-ISS / ISSDaC

Assess

Current Assessments:• Programming

‐ Coverage: program simulation, data structure, SDLC, file access methods, database concepts, etc.

• Digital Skills‐ Modules tailored-fit to agency or school

‐ May be incorporated as a phase in L&D interventions

Conducted nationwide: NGAs, SUCs/LUCs, public

Non-passers informed of areas of deficiency

Passers of the Assessment proceed to Certify

Assess

Competence Building• Learning and Development Interventions

‐ On/Offline

‐ On-the-Job

‐ In/Formal

‐ Self-paced

• Any provider (NCM an option; certification/eligibility courses)

• Curriculum of DICT partner schools may be accredited; use DICT courseware

• Competency-based

Build

ICT Proficiency/Competence Certification

EDP/ICT Proficiency Certification [Presidential Decree 1408]• Assess the ICT competency of individuals in the areas

of computer programming and system analysis and design, in partnership with Civil Service Commission

• Proficiency certification and ICT (EDP) Specialist Eligibility

• Government professionals, Academe [instructors/professors, students], public

Certify

EDP/ICT Proficiency Certification [Presidential Decree 1408]• Programming Languages:

‐ Java

‐ Visual Basic (6 and .Net)

‐ C, C++, C#

• Administered together with DICT-FOO Clusters in partnership with SUCs nationwide [DICT-CSC MOU]

• Administered in Metro Manila: May and Nov ; agencies/schools may request for special conduct

Certify

EDP/ICT Proficiency Certification [Presidential Decree 1408]

Can be used …• by supervisors to evaluate competence of current or

would-be programmers, systems analysts or faculty

• by an individual to assess his knowledge and skills for the purpose of continually improving his own technical abilities

• by universities/colleges or ICT training centers to enrich their curricula to enable their students to have a better chance of joining the corps of competent ICT professionals

Certify

International Computer Driving License [ICDL]• Global certification on the use of computers and

common applications

• administered in 150++ countries

• 40 languages worldwide

• over 2.5 million ICDL test taken annually

Certify

Certify

ICDL Certification Programmes

Certify

ICDL Profile: customize to your need

International Computer Driving License [ICDL]• DICT as Accredited Testing Center for the government

(1st in the Phil.)‐ Regular conduct of exams

‐ Agencies/Schools may request for special conduct

• Implemented by DICT as part of its Organizational Strengthening Program – “walk the talk” ; model government agency ; 1st digital workplace in the government

• Memo Circular: use of ICDL to determine competence leading to permanent appointment

Certify

ICDL Digital Challenge 2017

• 1st Digital Challenge in Asia

• July 19, 2017 ; Singapore

• 18-25 years old

National Digital Challenge

• 33 students from different schools nationwide

• 30 May 2017 ; DICT Central

Victor Samuel V. Quinto –Southern Luzon State University

Reanne Kate C. Aranza –Laguna State Polytechnic University

Be an ICT Competency Certification Partner-Champion

Assess-Build-Certify your staff, faculty, students• Be a Digital Workplace/School

• Certify your Technical Staff, Faculty, students

• Be an SUC/LUC Training and Test Center

• Accredit ICT subjects‐ final exam (incorporated in the curriculum)

Questions…

Clarifications…

Maria Lourdes Pacis-Aquilizan

(02) 920-7412

(02) 920-0101 local 2601

0998-867-0267

malou.aquilizan@dict.gov.ph