This photo taken on February 27, 2023 shows Huawei’s booth at Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2023 in Barcelona, Spain. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)
The collaboration is mainly carried out under the Huawei APAC ICT Competition program, organized by Huawei and hosted by Indonesia, which aims to cultivate talents for the ICT (information and communication technology) industry who are expected to meet human resource demands for digital transformation.
JAKARTA, March 19 (Xinhua) — The Indonesian government has stepped up collaboration with Chinese tech giant Huawei to develop smart campuses and accelerate the digital transformation of education in the Southeast Asian country.
The collaboration is mainly carried out under the Huawei APAC ICT Competition program, organized by Huawei and hosted by Indonesia, which aims to cultivate talents for the ICT (information and communication technology) industry who are expected to meet human resource demands for digital transformation.
Huawei and the Indonesian Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology on Friday announced the winning teams of the world-class competition that attracted more than 4,800 students and teachers from Huawei ICT Academy from 290 leading universities and colleges in 10 Asia-Pacific countries.
“We hope that our students can use this competition as a golden opportunity to compare their ICT knowledge and broaden their perspectives. This competition will also provide us with the necessary feedback so that we can continuously improve our effectiveness and efficiency in the culture digital talents,” the ministry’s Director General of Higher Education, Nizam, said during the competition’s award ceremony.
On the same occasion, Huawei Asia-Pacific Vice President of Public Affairs and Communications Department Zhang Zhengjun introduced a talent development model called PIPES, short for Platforms, Innovation, Professionalism, Experience and Skills. .
“PIPES is designed to provide tailored training programs to people from all walks of life, including the younger generation, government officials, ICT practitioners, entrepreneurs and the general public,” Zhang said.
“With PIPES, we are building a strong talent pool, not only for ourselves, but also for the digital future of the entire region,” Zhang added.
Present at the ceremony as the keynote speaker, Indonesian Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko said that human development has become the priority agenda of President Joko Widodo, who needs 9 million digital talents from here 2030.
“Indonesian digital talents will have the opportunity to compete on the global stage if we let them be well-trained and prepared,” Moeldoko said, noting that the competition can “further shape the digital ecosystem and motivate digital talents in Indonesia.” .
The contest can also be an effective platform to spot and develop top digital talent, Moeldoko said. ■
