Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), in collaboration with 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.
The academy was formally inaugurated at the BUET Council Building on Wednesday.
Zunaid Ahmed Palak, ICT State Minister, was present at the event as the chief guest with Pan Junfeng, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Ltd. And Dr. Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice-chancellor of BUET, in attendance.
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 current plan. The course and certification will be coordinated by Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academy (HAINA).
At 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, ICT State Minister, 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 the both parties have established this academy in a short period.”
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.”
