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• Internship


  An essential approach in making teaching and learning process more effective
• Internship


  • Imparting meaningful experiences
  • Intern should be able to learn valuable skills
  • Intern should be able to acquire enough exposure which he can use in the future
  • Company may likewise benefit from the intern as a potential employee
• It is not just simply entering into a Memorandum of Agreement between the institution and the company and let the trainees do the assigned tasks
• The purpose of the internship program is to develop and promote policies, systems, procedures and programs that address globalization, changing policies, and liberalization of trade in goods and services
• General Objectives (Based on CMO 104 Series of 2017)

  • No specific objectives listed
• Specific Objectives (Based on CMO 104 Series of 2017)

  • Provide students with opportunities to apply relevant knowledge and skills acquired from the institution to actual work setting provided by the partner companies
  • Enhance the knowledge and skills of student interns through employer-based training in order to become more responsive to the future demands of the labor market
  • Develop life skills such as the values of professionalism, work appreciation, communication skills, interpersonal skills and financial literacy
  • Acquire professional work ethics in the course of internship
• Acceptance Letter


  Communication issued by the host training establishment to the university confirming the acceptance of the student trainees
• Certificate of Completion


  Certificate issued to the student-trainee upon completion of the internship training
• Foreign Partner Agency


  Any registered and qualified foreign partner entity, lawfully represented by the local partner agency in the Philippines, which deploys qualified students for internship training in the foreign country through their host establishment and companies
• Host Training Establishment


  Any establishment, private or government, including industrial firms, agencies, schools or hospitals, which accommodate student-trainees for practical exposure
• Immersion


  Integration of academic and professional training employing multiple learning methods including action-and/or context-and problem-based learning
• Industry


  Classification of groups of companies that are related based on their primary business activities. They produce goods or related services within an economy
• Internship coordinator


  Person who uses independent analysis and judgment to develop, coordinate and supervise complex and varied administrative task in order to provide exemplary career services to the campus community
• Internship Manual

  Book or booklet of instructions and guidelines, designed to improve the quality of internship/OJT/practicum of a particular program duly issued by the institution
• Internship Program

  Official or formal program to provide practical experience for beginners in an occupation or profession. It is also an official program offered by an employer to potential employees where Interns work either part time or full time at a company for a certain period of time
• Internship Training Orientation Seminar

  Seminar given to the incoming student-trainees to make them familiar with the policies and procedures in the conduct of the internship training
• Internship Training Plan


  Includes the competencies that the student interns should acquire in each training area and assignments which formulated or developed by the institution and partner companies and duly signed by the concerned coordinators or respective heads
• Local Internship Training


  On-the-job training conducted in any establishments located in the Philippines
• Memorandum of Agreement


  Agreement executed between the partner company and the institution specifying the detailed role and responsibilities of all concerned parties, safety of student interns, training plan, learning objectives and method of evaluation
• Partner Company

  Legal entity that controls and directs a worker under an express or implied contract of employment and pays (or is obligated to pay) him or her salary or wages in compensation
• Pre-departure Orientation Seminar


  Seminar or meeting given to Student Internship Abroad program (SIAP) selected students before the date of departure to the host country
• Recommendation/Endorsement Letter


  Communication letter which endorses or recommends student-trainees to any establishment for internship training
• Student intern


  Undergraduates or students in a special field of study who works for a period of time to gain practical experience
• Student Internship Abroad Program

  Internship training conducted in reputable establishments in foreign country
• Training Agreement and Liability Waiver

  Legal form or statement that involves both the University and Host training Establishment from financial or legal responsibility for a variety of eventualities during the conduct of internship training
• Benefits of an internship program to student interns

  • Applies and develops knowledge and skills in an actual work setting
  • Gains work experience relevant to their academic degree
  • Develops interpersonal and social skills required in work setting
  • Increases awareness of personal strengths and limitations as a professional
  • Helps clarify career goals
  • Links with potential future employers
  • Assists in financing their education through an extensive paid work team
• Benefits of the internship program to student interns

  Chance to learn by doing in a setting where they are supervised by a work-place professional and have the opportunity to achieve their own learning goals
• Benefits of the internship program to the partner company

  • Fosters closer interaction between the industry and the university by being involved with the student's education and training
  • Have an access with well-prepared students with good skills and new ideas
  • Helps the company to find future good employees that they can be tapped to some specific tasks
  • Promotes good company image to the community