The Science and Technology Advisory Council - Japan Chapter (STAC-J) announces the opening of the Tuloy Aral Center-Kompyuter (TAC-K) starting June of this year.

This project is an on-going literacy program of the Science and Technology Advisory Council-Japan Chapter (STAC-J) which aims to provide training in basic computer and internet to Filipino migrants here in Japan. TAC-K's short term course is offered by Filipino S and T professionals and students experienced in IT.

Each course will be divided into 10 weekly sessions at 2 hours per session and can start next month or as soon as a group of 3 students is formed. Overseas Filipino workers and spouses of Japanese citizens based in Tokyo and vicinities are the students mainly targeted by this program. No minimum educational requirement is needed for any of the courses. Learning will be a hands-on experience and each student will be provided with his or her own learning kit, free of charge. Classes are offered on weekends (Saturdays or Sundays). We are currently cooperating with Meguro Church and other organizations (OFW-Shien Cooperative Group, Yamato Group) on this initiative for class venues and to better reach out to our other kababayans where we don’t have campuses.

This project, conceived in 1999 along with the other computer technology programs, was developed by STAC-J as a move to help Filipinos improve their work performance to secure better jobs or higher posts while in Japan, gain confidence in utilizing present technologies, establish a better image in Japan, prioritize better skills-training for productivity and prepare for their return to the Philippines. On the other hand, proceeds generated from the training program are used to fund its other projects particularly the Undergraduate Research Grant or URG, where deserving S & T research proposals made by college students in the Philippines are given funds.

For more inquiries regarding this program, you may contact:

Bryan
Phone: 080 3517 6773
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Yam
Phone: 090 9806 1418
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Ate Mildred
Phone: 090 3341 1326