Twenty-two Bangladeshi IT talents have received international recognition as they passed the 2nd IT Engineers Examination (ITEE), an international standardised examination for the IT professionals, presently recognised in 12 Asian countries, reports BSS.
"Among nearly 500 candidates, 22 local IT talents passed the 2nd ITEE that gave a global recognition to their IT skills and knowledge," Dr Sk Amzad Hossain, Project Director of BD-ITEC said when announcing the authorised result of 2nd ITEE at Computer Council Tuesday.
He hoped that the certificate of ITEE would help the local Bangladeshi IT professionals to get international jobs around the globe.
The ITEE is basically a national standardised examination of Japan for IT professionals. About 0.5-0.6 million (five to six lakh) IT students and IT professionals take part in it every year.
Nearly 500 local IT professionals and students sat for second ITEE, held at Curzon Hall, University of Dhaka (DU), Computer Science and Engineering Department, BUET and Rajshahi University on April 27 last to get a global recognition of their IT skills.
On the same day, the ITEE was held in the six ITPEC member countries (Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) simultaneously on same question paper.
Bangladesh IT-engineers Examination Centre (BD-ITEC) under Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology Ministry introduced the examination in the country under a project titled Capacity Building on ITEE Management with the help of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
One of the objectives of introducing ITEE in the country is to give international branding to Bangladesh IT professionals. The ITEE is promoted by IT Professionals Examination Council (ITPEC) in Asian region.
"Now we are eligible to apply for membership of ITPEC as any country has to take at least two ITEE examinations before seeking the ITPEC membership," Dr Amzad said.
Bangladesh was placed second among seven Asian countries in its maiden international standarised IT Engineers Examination (ITEE) last year. BD-ITEC is going to conduct the next IT Engineers Examination on October this year. A Japanese experts team along with the Ministry and BD-ITEC officials monitored the examinations.
