Huawei, BUET to set up ICT academy

In the next two years, more than 0.7 million new jobs will be created in the global ICT sector, reports UNB.

And the massive expansion of the sector in the next ten years is likely to result in a shortage of about seven crore ICT professionals. Huawei wants to run a special ICT academy in association with engineering universities in Bangladesh so that young ICT students in Bangladesh can carve a niche for themselves in the global professional market.

In accordance with that plan, Huawei and BUET are going to set up the first ICT Academy at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), the top engineering university in Bangladesh.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the two parties in the city on Saturday.

Linzhijun, Vice President, Enterprise Business Group, Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited and Dr Satya Prasad Majumder, Vice-Chancellor, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), has signed the MoU on behalf of their respective organisations at the signing ceremony held at BUET Council Building.

Deputy Minister for Education Mohibul Hassan Chowdhury, MP, joined online as the chief guest on the occasion.

Tao Guangyao, COO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited, other senior officials of Huawei and BUET teachers were also present.

This special ICT Academy will be set up in the BUET building by April this year, where technology and equipment will be ensured.

There will be connectivity through which BUET students would have the opportunity to communicate with more than 1,200 instructors from around the world. There will be 83 certification programmes on 19 different subjects.