Eastern Visayas summit tackles business education

TACLOBAN CITY, Sept. 30 (PNA) – Business educators, entrepreneurs, and aspiring businessmen in Eastern Visayas gathered on Friday to discuss current issues and challenges hounding the region’s business education.

Joining the 6th Regional Business Summit are members of the council of Deans and Educators in Business-Region 8 (CODEB-8), Council of Economics Educators-Region 8 (CECON-8), Asian Development Foundation College (ADFC), and the Federation of Junior Marketing Association (FJMA).

At least 100 faculty members, students, and businessmen joined the annual event.

“The summit aims to provide avenue for industries, business educators and students from different higher educational institutions of the region to discuss current issues and challenges,” CODEB-8 president Edward Chua said.

For the past years, these organizations, participating business industries, and government agencies have tied up with major universities and colleges in Eastern Visayas in terms of academic collaborations and engagements specifically the conduct of the regional summit.

This year’s business summit is anchored on the theme “Strategic Responses in a Changing Business Environment.” (PNA)
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