Health, Education and Counselling Institute/HECOIN has again forged international links by partnering with the acclaimed Management Careers Academy/MACA-Education Group, United Kingdom on February 2, 2016.

MACA-Education Group is a well known training institution throughout the World and is known for revolutionizing professional training programmes for over two decades. The institution is an international independent higher institution mandated to offer training programmes in the fields of business, management and vocational/technical education. MACA-Education Group serves in 125 countries, 350 international programmes with over 25,000 current learners.

IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIP WITH MACA AND HECOIN

With HECOIN being an Accredited Tuition and Examination Centre of MACA-Education Group, Caribbean nationals will be able to earn professional qualifications and memberships from awarding institutions worldwide. For over two decades, MACA-Education Group has been offering training programmes to the busy and full/part time working adults, secondary school leavers and some other qualified professionals in various fields of specialisation. The partnership will offer opportunities to applicants to acquire prior learning credits through a variety of means including; assessment of prior learning in the corporate and military training programmes, assessment of experience that is equivalent to higher institution credits, assessment of independent studies with accredited higher institutions, assessment of the present hands-on job of the student concerned among other areas.

MACA-EDUCATION PROGRAMMES @ HECOIN

The new programmes; scheduled to begin in March 2016, include; Sales, Export Marketing, Finance, Administration, Tourism and Hospitality Management, Technical and Vocational Education, Shipping, Marine and Maritime Management, Logistics Management, Sports Management, Financial Investigation among others. Persons who complete Level 5-Professional Higher/Advanced Diploma would equate to an Associate Degree, Level 6-Professional Graduate Diploma will be on par with a graduate with a First Degree and Levels 7-Professional Managerial Diploma and 8-Professional Executive Diploma would equate to a Masters Degree and Doctorate respectively. Each level can take approximately 6-9 months part-time at HECOIN. An individual who starts at Level 5, with continuous learning, could complete Level 8 in approximately 2.5 years. HECOIN will use a blended learning experience of face-to-face teaching, online, coursework and group discussions along with multi-media presentations. Please visit www.hecoin.com or www.business-certifications.com for more details.