In collaboration with the country’s reputed engineering university Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the leading global ICT infrastructure provider Huawei has established an ICT Academy to equip young learners with industry-fit skills and develop an ICT talent ecosystem.
An opening ceremony has been organized Wednesday at the BUET Council Building. ICT State Minister Zunaid Ahmed Palak was present at the event as the chief guest with CEO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd Pan Junfeng, and Vice-chancellor of BUET Dr Satya Prasad Majumder in attendance, reads a press release.
This ICT Academy has been established as a non-profit education program where the learners will be provided training and learning solutions to meet the needs of the ICT sector. Another major intention of this academy is to create a talent ecosystem for the ICT sector.
The participants will be given a chance to communicate with more than 3,000 instructors from around the world. There will be 83 certification programs on 19 different subjects as per the current plan.
The course and certification will be coordinated by Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA). In the end, students will be given three types of grade certificates based on their achievements from this ICT Academy - Associate, Professional, and Expert.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak said: “We have seen what are the features of Huawei BUET ICT academy are and how it will be beneficial to the students and teachers. Under the MoU between Huawei and BUET, both parties have established this academy in a short period. I would like to congratulate and share my sincere appreciation to Huawei for setting up this academy in BUET.”
BUET Vice-chancellor Dr Satya Prasad Majumder said: “We are delighted to collaborate with Huawei for establishing this ICT Academy. This academy will contribute significantly to the existing curriculum of BUET as well as help the aspiring learners to develop themselves by acquiring hands-on experience and get insights about the industry.”
Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd CEO Pan Junfeng said: “In 2013, Huawei initiated its ICT Academy, a school-enterprise cooperation project, to help build a talent ecosystem. Huawei is happy to extend this project to Bangladesh as well. Driven by the idea ‘We are in Bangladesh, for Bangladesh,’ Huawei ICT Academy will strive for excellence through a collaboration of the young learners with academics and industry experts.”
“BUET as an engineering and technology university has always been at the forefront of producing skilled workforce for the industry. I hope this collaboration with Huawei to establish an ICT Academy will strengthen that process further” shared Pro Vice-chancellor of BUET Professor Dr Abdul Jabbar Khan.
Huawei has more than 1500 such ICT academies in 90+ countries worldwide. To date, the academies have started their activities in many other countries, including Pakistan, Zambia, and China. Now, the journey of Huawei BUET ICT Academy will also begin with around 250 students initially.
