Editing UP ITTC (section)

==History==
On 26 February 2004, upon UP President Francisco Nemenzo’s recommendation, the UP [[Board of Regents]] (BOR) approved the creation of the ITTC Program under the Office of the Vice-President for Development. The BOR appointed a Program Director for UP ITTC on 22 July 2004.

For its full-scale implementation, the University proposed a project for funding by JICA. This was dubbed as the Japan-Philippines Technical Cooperation Project on Philippine IT Human Resource Development (ITHRD), which was approved by JICA and started operation on 20 July 2004, for a term of four years (extended until 2009).
[[Image:ittc.jpg|300px|thumb|left|UP ITTC]] 
In the “Record of Discussions” signed by JICA and the University on 09 July 2004, the project purpose was stated as: to conduct high-level and practical IT training in cooperation with other universities and industries, and to match the needs of the industry.