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INA Inaugurates Conservational English Program
With the presence of President
Abel Pacheco and the president of the Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje
(INA), Róger Carvajal, the Conversational English program was opened to
some 1.5a00 students.
The program aims to teach the students how the multinational
corporations like Procter & Gamble, Sykes, IBM and Intel, who have
operations in Costa Rica, work.
The 931 hour program will touch on conversational English used by
business, as well as composition, pronunciation and cultural
differences. The INA began it's selection process in February, when more
than 1.500 completed the requirements to enter the program, of which
1.075 will be enrolled in the specialized program to work in customer
service centres, while the remaining 475 will be enrolled in technical
programs.
With the latest announcement by INTEL who will be opening a financial
services centre in Costa Rica, there are now 35 multinational companies
that have service centres in operation. This means that costa Rica has
to prepare itself for the increase demand in professionals who speak
fluent English.
"We are creating conditions in Costa Rica for an immense jump in
development. However, we must be clear, we are not going to allow any
type of development, we are committed to a model of development that is
humanist", assured president Pacheco.
"Today the doors to understanding are opened, representing an
opportunity to forge ahead in the future. The Conversational English
program for customer services centres will be a tool that will be useful
for the obtainment of qualified work", said Emmanuel Hess, director
Cinde (Coalición Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo) - Costa
Rican Investment Board -
Hess added that the multinational companies operating in Costa Rica will
generate between 4.000 and 5.000 new jobs in the next four years.
The Instituto Nacional de Aprendizaje is an autonomous body that was
created in May of 1965 to promote and develop training programs to
create professional workers for all the difference sectors of the
economy, as well as contribute to the betterment of working conditions
for all Costa Ricans.
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