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The Center for Industrial Technology and Enterprise (CITE) is an industry-based and socially-oriented institution which plays a relevant role in the economic and social development of Cebu, the Central Visayas, and surrounding areas.

CITE provides top-quality technical training to persons belonging to the lower-income stratum of society by means of scholarships. It provides technical re-training and management upgrading courses for industry workers. It is also a values formation center which nurtures human virtues and values in its students, clients, and staff. CITE’s project proponents are well established institutions in the field of education and training; namely, Associazione Centro ELIS, Rome, Italy; Meralco Foundation, Inc., Pasig City, Philippines; and University of Asia and the Pacific (UA&P) Foundation, Inc., Pasig City, Philippines.

The school was established in 1990 as a non-stock, non-profit educational organization registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In June of 1991, CITE began offering its main program, the three-year, post-secondary Industrial Technician Program (ITP). The school has 72 personnel as of April 16, 2008.

CITE has requested the prelature of Opus Dei to provide priests to take care of the spiritual activities of the institution.

Programs Offered

Industrial Technician Program (ITP) is a three-year post-secondary course which aims to produce well-trained, middle-level manpower for industry and entrepreneurial work.

Values Seminars such as on work ethics and productivity are offered to companies. The school’s Values Education Program also extends to students and their families.

Short Courses for Industry Workers are offered vis-à-vis the school’s thrust to provide the private sector with trained manpower. These industry-based courses which stretch variably from 30-90 hours are taken from different technology specializations of ITP.

Institutional Training and Technical Services are offered to complement various industries’ in-house corporate training activities. These services are also offered to civil society organizations, corporate foundations, and various government agencies for the design of technical education and skills development activities for their constituents.

E-Skills Project has yielded web-based and computer-based training modules for institutional clients and partners in the growing family of e-learning users collectively called as e-skills network.

ATC Training Center, a brainchild project between Belgian NGO Association for Cultural, Technical, and Educational Cooperation (ACTEC), Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), and CITE aimed to provide OSYs entry-level competencies.

Cisco Networking Academy Programs are offered to ITP students, professionals, alumni, and out-of-school youth.

General Statistics

Industrial Technician Program (ITP) — CITE’s hallmark program for male high school graduates who wanted to become technicians after three years (1½ years of in-school training and 1½ years of in-plant training using the dual training system [DTS] scheme).

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| First Year
| Second Year
| Third Year
| Current Enrollment
| No. of graduates since 1994
| Current Employment Rate
|-
| 388
| 272
| 196
| 856
| 1933
| 85%
|}

Industry Skills Training Program — a spin-off program designed to increase employability of male and female OSYs by providing them entry-level skills in industry assembly and computer-aided designing and drafting for six months.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
|-
| Enrolled in the Program
| Completed In-school Training
| Placed for In-plant Training
| Undergoing In-plant Training
| No. of graduates since 2000
| Current Employment Rate
|-
| 3477
| 2176
| 2233
| 235
| 1644
| 95%
|}

^{ITP data as of 30 May 2008}
^{ISTP data as of 13 April 2008}

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