Even amidst the economic meltdown, Cebu remains a strong and viable city for business process outsourcing.
Sabino Dapat, chairman of the Cebu Educational Development Foundation for Information Technology quoted that they have balanced the infrastructure development with many domestic and international transportation. Today Cebu is the second largest city and is one of the fastest growing BPO destinations in the country. The city contributes about 10 percent of the national export and 30 percent of tourism sales and has the best government support.
In the education field the city has nine universities that offer IT courses that have tie-ups with BPO and call centers that hire skilled manpower. Mr. Dapat added that Cebu government alone has given a total P2 interest free loan to students who are desirous of getting a call centre job. He said that some of the reputed universities of Philippines of like University of San Carlos, University of Southern Philippines, University of Cebu, University of San Jose-Recoletos and University of Visayas.
Eric Smith