'We have to shift the curriculum because a lot of emphasis right now, like in accounting, is how to do auditing and yet all of these back-office processing is more about transaction processing and bookkeeping,' he explained.

At the 2006 National Manpower Summit last month, the CICT reported there would be a shortfall of workers in the Philippine cyberservices industry, beginning this year until 2010, based on the 'turnout and supply of graduates, low absorption rate among applicants, and disparity in interest levels.'