ITPEC membership to help IT experts get global recognition

Bangladesh is set to become a member of a Japan-led platform today (Monday) to adopt a globally recognised certificate programme for the IT experts.
The Information Technology Professionals Examination Council (ITPEC) conducts IT examinations throughout Asia to support strategies in the sphere of software development and human resources for the member states.
"We'll sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Japan tomorrow to become a member of the ITPEC," Post and Telecommunication Minister Abdul Latif  Siddique said.
Representatives from other member countries will also attend the signing ceremony to be held in the capital.
Speaking at a press conference, Mr Siddique was said the membership will open up a new horizon for Bangladesh's technical education, enabling students to get a globally recognised certificate.  
State Minister for the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, Information and Technology Zunaid Ahmed Palak, ICT Division Secretary Md Nazrul Islam Khan, Executive Director of the Bangladesh Computer Council SM Ashraful Islam among others, were present at the press conference.
Mr Siddique said Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) will now be able to conduct the Information Technology Engineers Examination (ITEE) regularly in the country with the membership.
Bangladesh will be 7th member country of the ITPEC. Other members are:  Japan, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Malaysia and Mongolia. Other countries including India, Chin, Singapore are accepting the ITEE certification for the recruitment.
Under the agreement, these countries will conduct the ITEE examination on the same date and time with the same set of questions, so that the examination is consistent among all of the member countries.
Mr Siddique called upon the country's IT experts, professionals and engineering students to avail the global opportunity, bagging a certificate from the authorities.
BSS adds: Mr Siddique said the ITEE is the examination for evaluating skill of IT engineers and successful candidates will get global recognition, which will ensure easy access to job markets.
"This is very good news for us that Bangladesh has been properly evaluated and selected by the IPA for awarding ITPEC membership due to fulfillment of the conditions including holding successfully IT Engineers Examinations that are required to get ITPEC membership," Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Secretary Md. Nazrul Islam Khan said.
He said as member of ITPEC Bangladesh will now be conducted ITEE each year and awarded internationally recognized certificate to the IT professionals and graduates.
The ITEE played an important role to develop confidence among the IT engineers for competing in the job markets worldwide, Khan said.
IT Engineer Management Project Director of BCC Sheikh Amzad Hossain said the ITEE is basically a national standard test of Japan for IT where 0.5-0.6 million students and professionals attended every year, he added.
Amzad said the country's IT professionals and IT graduates need to identify their capacity and build confidence by sitting on an international IT standardize test. They can appear before the ITEE test to identify their capacity and build confidence for being competitive in the world arena, he added.
He said ITEE test is recognized in 12 Asian countries including the second largest IT job market Japan and also honored in the markets of European and American countries.