Philippine National IT Standards Foundation

Philippine National IT Standards Foundation (PhilNITS), formerly known as the JITSE Phil Foundation Inc, is a non-stock, non-profit, nongovernment organization that is implementing a Certification Program from the Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) of Japan. PhilNITS Foundation is implementing a Certification Program on the Fundamentals of IT (FE), adopted from the Japan Information Technology Engineers Examination Center (JITEC) an office under the Information Technology Promotion Agency, Japan. The goals of PhilNits include establishing an internationally recognized and accepted standard with which to measure the competency level of IT Engineers/Professionals in the country; and developing a workforce of Certified IT Professionals that are qualified and eligible for work not only in Japanese companies here and abroad but also in multinational/national companies anywhere in the world.