In a major development, Pakistan Software Export Board has accelerated theprogram for training and certification of IT graduates and professionals inlatest technologies. 6,000 graduates and professionals would be trainedunder this program between Year 2021-23.
This boost comes in the wake of strong IT Industry growth, IT & IT enabledServices (ITeS) export remittances comprising of computer services and callcenter services have surged to US $648.940 million at a growth rate of38.16% during July-November of FY 2020-21, in comparison to US $469.713million during July-November of FY 2019-20. The growth has exacerbatedshortage of qualified manpower for IT industry. As IT Industry’s maincapital is qualified manpower and without a strong, qualified manpowerbase, Pakistan’s IT Industry’s growth momentum cannot be sustained.
Internationally recognized certifications are a quick and readilyrecognized benchmark mapped to a specific skill set based on standardizedtesting. Internationally recognized trainings are highly covetedparticularly in the global information technology industry.
Attaining international certifications provides instant recognition to ITprofessionals and recent IT graduates, who, without internationalcertifications, would most likely go unnoticed by Pakistani andinternational IT companies. International certifications level the playingfield for Pakistani IT companies and IT professionals in solicitinginternational projects.
The trainings and certifications would be conducted either free of cost orat a nominal cost and would cover latest technologies such as machinelearning, block chain, automated testing, big data analytics.
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Certifications would include AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWSCertified Big Data – Speciality, Microsoft Azure Big Data AnalyticsSolutions, Scrum Master Certified (SAMC), Certified Associates in PythonProgramming, CCNA, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer HackingForensic Investigator and many others. In order to ensure maximum capacitybuilding of local IT eco system, local training companies would be requiredto partner up with international entities such as Microsoft, Oracle, Ciscoamong others.
The training and international certification program of 6,000 graduatesover the period of two years would significantly boost Pakistan’s ITecosystem and effectively address the issue of employability of Pakistanigraduates and significantly enhance their potential as a young techie,startup entrepreneur or as a freelancer.
