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The best and the brightest minds in the field of Internet Protocol
(IP) networking will once again gather in the third annual Cisco
Skills Competition on March 27 at Hotel Dominique, Tagaytay City.
As eliminations drew to a close last month, the
top team from each of the six regional clusters of the Cisco
Networking Academy will have a shot at winning prizes ranging from
Cisco equipment to cash prizes worth P60,000.
Finalists in this year’s competition come from
the following Networking Academy clusters: System Plus from North
Luzon, AMA Computer College East Rizal from South Luzon, Mapua
Institute of Technology from the NCR North, Mapua Institute of
Technology School of IT from the NCR South, University of Cebu from
the Visayas and AMA Computer College Davao from Mindanao.
“The competition is a good opportunity for our
Networking Academy students to interact and meet their fellow
networking enthusiasts. We’ve been generating a lot of interest in
the program and we hope events like these help cultivate among the
students a better appreciation of the importance of IP networking
skills,” said Luichi Robles, country manager of Cisco Philippines.
The Cisco Networking Academy is an
internationally recognized IT educational initiative to develop
graduates with networking and Internet skills. Through the
Networking Academy, students can learn practical computer networking
knowledge and skills in a hands-on environment. At the end of their
course, students are prepared for globally recognized industry
standard certifications including the Cisco Certified Network
Associate (CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) and
other certifications such as Comptia A+, Java and Cisco Firewall
Specialist certifications among others.
Since the program’s inception in the
Philippines in 2002, more than 116,000 students have been trained by
more than 800 instructors in 143 Cisco Academies in the country. A
number of students have found successful employment in
multi-national companies here and abroad.
The annual Cisco Skills Competition is organized
by the Cisco Networking Academy Core Council of the Philippines led
by Gerry Talisic, Core Council President.
“The annual skills competition is the most
significant project of the Core Council. Not only does it promote
importance of having the right networking skills, it also helps us
benchmark the effectiveness of the Networking Academy’s
curriculum. For the past two years, we’ve seen lesser known
schools triumph over more established universities,” said Talisic.
Past winners of the competition are System Plus
from North Luzon and Mindanao Polytechnic from Visayas.
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