Finish the course. Claim the perks.

What you get

Why complete the course

Getting started

Your journey, step by step

1. Create your ADA account

   Go to ada.aseanfoundation.org and register using an active email. This same email is used to verify your completion later.

2. Enroll in the course

   Log in and open the AI Career Readiness Course.

3. Take the pre-course survey and pre-course evaluation

   Do this before touching the modules.

   When filling in the evaluation, select:
   7. Nationality
   Philippines
   8. How did you hear about this programme?
   Smart Cities PH (SmartCT)
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4. Complete all five modules

   Each module has three video parts plus a PDF, with a pre-module test before and a post-module test after.

   Heads up on the Learning Material: the platform only marks it complete when you've gone through it to the very last page. If a module shows as unfinished, go back into its Learning Material and continue to the end—stopping partway through is the most common reason a module doesn't register as complete.

   Busy week? The course is built to flex around your schedule—you can move through the modules quickly now and revisit any video or Learning Material later. See Move at your own pace for how that works.

   Stuck? Having issues completing the modules? Check out our Help Desk or contact us.

5. Join or start a discussion

   Reply to at least one discussion or create one in any module. The easiest way in: browse what others have posted and add to a thread that resonates with you. Make it count—share a genuine insight, question, or reflection from the module. Your posts build the learning community, and thoughtful contributions are what make it worth reading.

   Important: random or nonsensical text (e.g. "asdf", "done", a copy-pasted sentence with no connection to the module) may invalidate your completion and affect the benefits that come with it. One or two honest sentences about what you learned or want to ask is all it takes. And you're not limited to one—you can keep joining or starting discussions even after you've finished the modules.

6. Finish the post-course evaluation

   Don't forget this step. Your completion doesn't count without it. Same as in the pre-course evaluation, select:
   7.Nationality
   Philippines
   8. How did you hear about this programme?
   Smart Cities PH (SmartCT)

   This is also where you claim your LinkedIn Premium: the evaluation asks for your LinkedIn profile link and a CV that follows what you learned from the course. Have both ready before you open it—leaving them out means the ASEAN Foundation can't verify your Premium grant.

7. Get your certificate, then LinkedIn Premium

   Download your certificate from the platform. The 1-year LinkedIn Premium comes separately: the ASEAN Foundation—not SmartCT—verifies internally that the LinkedIn profile link you provided in the Post-Course Evaluation is valid and that your submitted CV follows what the course teaches. If everything checks out, the ASEAN Foundation AHEAD Team emails you instructions on how to activate your LinkedIn Premium. Expect results within 2–4 weeks; if something can't be verified, you may be asked to submit additional requirements.

8. Congratulations! What's next?

   We may follow-up with a short post-course survey. Answering helps us match you with Virtual Job Fair opportunities and invite you to events near you. It's optional and never affects your certificate or LinkedIn Premium.

Don't miss these

The three completion requirements

The platform only counts you as complete—and unlocks your certificate—when all three are done:

• Complete 100% of all modules in the course
• Create at least one discussion, or participate in at least one discussion started by others, in any module
• Complete the Post-Course Evaluation

Flexible by design

Move at your own pace—fast is fine

The course is intentionally low-friction. Videos count toward your progress as soon as you open them, and you can watch at whatever playback speed works for you. Learning Materials are marked complete once you've paged through to the end. None of this is an accident—the platform is built to trust you with your own learning, so a busy week, a slow connection, or content you already know never stands between you and finishing.

Why it works this way

Building an AI-Ready community

SmartCT's goal is to raise AI awareness and build an AI-Ready community in the Philippines and across the region. That goal shapes how we implement our projects: every barrier we remove means more young people start, finish, and join the community. So we deliberately keep the friction of joining and completing as low as we responsibly can, and we treat completion as the start of your membership in that community, not the end of your learning.

After the course

Mentorship and job fairs—for select completers

Finishing the AI Career Readiness Course (which runs through December 2026) does more than earn your certificate and LinkedIn Premium—it makes you eligible for what comes next: the program's Peer Mentorship component and Virtual Job Fair events, where completers connect with mentors and meet potential employers.

Tips

Smooth sailing

Ways to join

Three ways to join