Times Education aims to produce global students, global citizens through Australian qualification skill sets; Pacquiao Sports Academy to offer Sport Coaching, etc.
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MANILA (SDN) — Times Education Holdings of Sydney, Australia, is hoping to lure many Filipinos to study Down Under. It has 50 Filipino students, currently, and angling for at least 600.
“Filipinos,” points out Charles Shiao, founder and CEO of Times Education Group Australia and Times Education Holdings, in an interview with SDN – SciTech & Digital News, “are good in English.” They have no problem with language he acknowledged. Times Education is based in the Central Business District (CBD) of Sydney.
Shiao’s optimism is also anchored on the Philippines’ world boxing icon, former senator Emmanuel “Manny”/”Pacman” Pacquiao, coming on board as Times Education brand ambassador and investor.
He, Pacquiao, and Mel Congerton JP, chair of the Board of Governance of a provider of Higher Education, and other offerings, the International Institute of Business and Technology (IIBT), also based Down Under, held a forum on October 6.
The trio briefed members of the news media about Times Education and their offerings for Education, Elderly Care, Employment Opportunities, which Filipinos can avail themselves of.
According to a journal distributed during the event in Fairmont Hotel, Makati City, Metro Manila, “Times Education Holdings is an educational company that disseminates advanced education concepts with the core of education training, consulting, educational resource development, project planning, and promotion.”
Students are provided with “long-term effective, relevant, high-quality, well-recognized and inspirational educational experiences”.
Pacquiao encouraged Filipino students to take advantage of the opportunity presented by Times Education.
Over 35,000 students had already completed Times Education training, which positions the organization as “one of Australia’s largest Vocational Education and Training, English Language and Higher Education providers for international students in Australia”.
Under its wings are seven colleges and 12 campuses and its expansion includes reaching out to the international education arena. Times Education offers 124 courses as well.
Pacquiao’s sports organization to offer courses in Australia
In 2024 its partnership with the Filipino boxing hero will also offer courses on a variety of sports through the Pacquiao Sports Academy (PSA).
The educational institution has its hands in recruitment overseas in China’s Chengdu, Xiamen, and Fuzhou; and in Taipei, Taiwan.
Collaboration between the Filipino world eight divisions boxing champion and Times Education extends to sports education and coaching in Australia through the PSA. This project starts in 2024.
Pacquiao’s PSA aspires to be a frontrunner Down Under’s sports education and coaching as PSA and Times Education seeks to establish a premier institution for sports education.
Certification programs under PSA cover various sports, among them, boxing, tennis, basketball, and golf which are to be under the Australian education framework.
PSA’s objectives include the following:
- Providing comprehensive sports coaching programs;
- Offering Australian-standard certifications in Sports Coaching and Management;
- Promoting physical fitness, discipline, and sportspersonship;
- Cultivating a new generation of skilled coaches and athletes; and
- Contributing positively to the Australian sports ecosystem.
Awaiting graduates of Pacquiao’s sports organization in its Certification Programs are Certificates III & IV in Sport Coaching, Diploma in Sport Coaching, and Bachelor of Sport and Exercise Management.
While its Training courses cover Boxing Coaching, Tennis Coaching, Basketball Coaching, and Golf Coaching.
Pacquiao welcomed his partnership with Times Education, as he cited the importance of education for Filipinos.
Students’ time with Times Education does not end with one’s completion of a course but extends beyond it.
Shiao told SDN that his organization also helps students find employment, and they can study and work, and migrate.
Times Education’s Employment Opportunities also extend beyond employment support, addressing what it dubbed “a pressing contemporary issue — the increasing demand for a skilled elder care workforce.
“As the global population ages, the need for competent and compassionate caregivers and healthcare professionals is surging,” the Times Education journal points out.
The Times Education Residential Care offers a life-changing opportunity for students, caregivers and residents alike”. Its education program covers “a pathway to Australian immigration and the unwavering support of the Western Australian government”, promising to be “a leading beacon of compassionate aged care in Perth”.
Congerton, deputy mayor of Swan City in Australia’s Western Region, noted his country’s “serious trouble” in its delivery of elderly citizens’ residential aged care as trained staff is lacking.
The IIBT Board of Governance chief said they need 17,000 trained workers annually in the coming decade, a huge total of 170,000 new workers while Australia has to construct more than 500 new residential care facilities in that time span to provide care for the country’s aging population.
Times Education open to partnership with Philippine schools
In the interview with Shiao, he described his company’s aim in the local market.
“The goal for Filipino market is similar to the global market. We want to recruit students from many different markets to come to Australia, as many as we can get. We want to achieve globalization of education,” he emphasizes.
Times Education’s top official said if a student cannot come to Australia because of problems concerning obtaining visa, “we are able to deliver our program to the local market.”
Shiao continues, “We want a global student, a global citizen able to learn Australian qualification skill sets. And that’s what we are looking forward to do.”
Regarding visa to Australia, he said Times Education is a provider of education, not one on migration.
“We can only support, we cannot do visa. We support the students, guide them on what to do. We can bring professionals. We call them migration agency. We will introduce them to the students and ask them to help them,” Shiao assures.
Among the course on offer, he said, are on Business (Marketing, Leadership Management, others), IT (Software Development, Website Development, etc.), Social Media courses, Aged Care and Childcare, Hospitality Management, among many others.
He said Times Education Holdings is open to partnering with local educational institutions in the primary, secondary, vocational, and colleges. Shiao indicated that’s still in the backburner since this is only his second time in the Philippines. (✓)