The AMA Education System (AMAES), the country's pioneer Information Technology (IT)-based education provider, introduced the Yapster e-Learning courses as one of the latest value-added programs in all AMA schools and training centers.

This was announced during the formal signing of a partnership on February 10 at the AMA One Building in Makati City.

Yapster e-Learning, Inc., a Philippine-based company, is the country's leading provider of a huge library of IT and Business online courses administered by a powerful learning management system that supports blended e-Learning approach and ensures effective delivery of instruction.

AMAES President Amable C. Aguiluz IX said the inevitably successful partnership is of particular value to the student populace of AMA, including ABE International College, as it provides a more comprehensive IT curriculum aligned to the AMAES student learning requirements.

"The program primarily allows students to access via the internet a vast number of e-Learning courses with Yapster's library of more than 1,300 titles from NETg, thereby enhancing the learning experience", Aguiluz said.

The AMA-Yapster partnership also provides AMAES, specifically its Online Learning (MBA Online in particular), a ready to use educational content accessible 24/7 to all its students.

As Yapster courses are vendor approved, an AMA student is likewise given the opportunity to prepare himself for the industry certification of his choice from among various IT fields while still completing his bachelor's degree. With a world of opportunities now open to him, he may choose to be a Microsoft Certified Professional, Oracle Certified Administrator, A+ Certified, Certified Web Master, and other fields of IT specialization.

Meanwhile, AMA's position as the country's foremost provider of computer-based education is further strengthened with the two kinds of learning delivery the institution now offer due to merits of the partnership.

With Instructor-Led Training (ILT) and Campus-Based Training (CBT), AMAES is at present more empowered to serve the different learning needs of its students.

The unique AMA-Yapster partnership also creates more opportunities for the development of new and relevant programs for AMA based on the wide-ranging contents of Yapster modules. At the same time, it enhances and standardizes the contents of IT instructional materials.

"Partnering with Yapster sets AMA above all other schools with regards to the use of information technology, particularly in utilizing e-learning for amore effective delivery of education and transferring of IT skills to the out students", Aguiluz IX said (JGR)

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