APPLYING UNIFIED CRITERIA IN MET: THE WAY TO GLOBALIZATION

摘要

Recent radical changes in political, economic, and educational concepts have impacted educational systems all over the world. Competition is no more limited to commodities and services but extends to other domains, such as the qualification and training of the human being. Graduates of maritime institutions will have to compete to secure jobs in the maritime industry. Maritime communities have either to participate in this wave of globalization or suffer exclusion from the map of maritime communities of excellence. A comprehensive maritime strategy could be developed under the umbrella of IAMU. Such a strategy, which depends on cooperation between maritime institutes and academies all over the world, should aim at the development of an excellent culture of quality education and training. IAMU is now in a position to direct MET toward globalization, which is the core of this paper. Considering that IAMU is in charge of developing maritime education and training, maritime safety and security, protection of the marine environment, and promotion of proficiency in English, which is the lingua franca of the sea, it should aim at developing effective mechanics to achieve total quality in MET through the establishment of global criteria governing maritime education and training. In other words, IAMU should lead the move toward globalization of maritime education and training, which is the main concern the present paper.