The Pioneer Professional Academy of Asia, Inc. (PPAA) is a progressive continuing education center in retailing and services. It was established in April 2011 to help retail and service companies keep pace with the global competition and address the growing
need for world-class leaders and service-oriented professionals.
PPAA is the first Technical Vocational And Educational Training (TVET) land-based provider recognized by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) to offer Customer Services NC II, a training course that meets the national competency
standards for customer service for frontliners in the wholesale and retail sector. It is also a TESDA accredited Assessment Center for the same course.
In 2017, the Pioneer Professional Academy of Asia, Inc. was granted accreditation by the Department of Tourism as an accredited tourism training center. On the same year, it was accredited as a Continuing Professional Development (CPD) provider with Accreditation
Number 2017- 147 by the Professional Regulation Commission.
PPAA’s competitive advantage is its competency-based and industry-specific curriculum that employs out-of-the-box teaching methods, combining classroom experience with hands-on application providing students with a total learning immersion experience. Through
these training approaches, PPAA is continually able to produce competent, confident, and capable retail and service professionals who add value to any organization they work for.
Since its inception, the Pioneer Professional Academy of Asia, Inc., through its Academy for Professional Excellence, has trained and developed over 8,000 retail and service professionals who have made a significant difference in their respective organizations,
local or international.
OUR VISION
To be theleading academy for progressive continuing education in retailand services.
OUR MISSION
To develop world-class leaders and professionals who willmake apositive contribution to theindustryand communitytheyserve.
OUR VALUES
In the pursuit of its vision and mission, PPAA is guided by the following values which are ingrained among our students:
Integrity
Living a life of doing the right thing, in the right way, at the right time for the right reason
Innovation
Creating new approaches and turning ideas into realities
Service
Learning more to serve more and acting on customers’ needs with relevance, sensitivity and speed
Excellence
Unceasing pursuit for quality education aimed at transforming talents to contribute productively to society
Entrepreneurial Spirit
Developing a sense of ownership in the enterprise and the community we serve