Eduardo Ma. R. Santos, president of the Maritime Academy of Asia and the Pacific (MAAP), said that the two shipping companies are willing to help MAAP to spend more and further expand the campus to enable it to accept more cadets.

The two foreign companies wanted to increase the number of new cadets by 50% by next year and lower the increase the following year until the ideal size of 1,000 in 2016.

In addition to this, they are also willing to fund the needed facilities like refurbishing the building to accommodate more students.

The tuition and allowances of MAAP students are all being paid for by shipping firms, after which cadets can immediately work in the companies once they finish their four to five-year course on either Bachelor of Science in (BS) Maritime Transportation or BS Marine Engineering or a hybrid of both.

With this, there will be more opportunities for the students, who cannot continue with their studies due to financial problem, to be part of MAAP's scholars. [via marina.gov.ph]