Councilor Edu Pamintuan (left) is briefed by Engr. John Ramos on the progress of work at the P320-million City College of Angeles. Photo by Ric Gonzales
ANGELES CITY – Information Technology (IT) and Communication Arts (CommArts) are among the top courses that will be offered at the City College of Angeles which is now being built in Barangay Pampang, here.
Councilor Edu Pamintuan, chairman of the city council’s committee on education, told Punto Central Luzon that IT and CommArts graduates are in demand and match the needs of firms inside the Clark Freeport Zone.
“Aside from giving them opportunity to study and finish college, we also want to make sure they will have jobs after they graduate,” said Pamintuan, principal author of the ordinance creating the CCA.
Construction of the P320 million first-ever city college is on-going at the four-hectare Agyu Tamu Sports Complex.
Councilors Maricel Morales, Alex Indiongco and Jericho Aguas who are all members of the Pamitastic4 helped Pamintuan in pushing for the approval of Ordinance No. 294 (series of 2011), creating the local college in the city with 33 barangays.
For his part, Mayor Edgardo Pamintuan said the CCA will offer courses that are market-responsive and will correspond to the needs of locators at Clark and the emerging enterprises in the city.
In symposia earlier organized by CyberCity Teleservices business process outsourcing firm, it was learned that “at least 3,000 call center agents are needed at Clark at any given time.”
City Administrator Atty. Dennis Albert Pamintuan said the two-storey building has 43 classrooms. It also has a covered court.
He said that part of the school’s budget include basic school equipment such as chairs, tables, blackboards and electric fans.
“If we did not include these items in the budget we will be forced to spend another P30 million,” the administrator said.
He added that the school can accommodate at least 4,000 students once fully operational.
“It’s an overkill, so to speak. It’s ready in the next five years to handle the influx of students,” he said.
Atty. Pamintuan disclosed that the mayor had decided to allot P25 million for the improvement of roads leading to the CCA, particularly at the Arayat Blvd.
The funds came from the cash award given by the Department of Interior and Local Government to the city government for being one of the top performing local government units in the country.
This city also received the Seal of Good Housekeeping award last December.
