Some 4,000 fast track future IT leaders (FTFLs) will get job in Information Technology (IT) and IT Enabled Service (ITES) companies soon as a government project has agreed to provide support to the companies for building up the FTFLs with training as per their skills demand, reports UNB.
The project titled ‘Leveraging ICT for Growth, Employment and Governance project’ (LICT) of Bangladesh Computer Company (BCC) under ICT Ministry will offer a package of incentives for the IT and ITES companies against recruitment of FTFLs and their training, officials said.
They said the initiative is part of the government’s plan to create 34,000 direct and 120,000 indirect jobs in the IT and ITES companies under LICT Project.
The World Bank is providing US$ 70 million credit for implementing the Leveraging ICT for growth, Employment and Governance project (LICT) within five years.
Sources familiar with the ICT Ministry said the LICT in collaboration with IT and ITES industries will select the FTFLs as per skills demand, especially in the areas of software development, business process outsourcing (BPO) and IT/ITES related management.
“In line with the government’s plan to build Digital Bangladesh, the ICT ministry has launched LICT project under BCC to build IT learning manpower of 34,000 in the country by providing them with world-class IT training,” said ICT Secretary Nazrul Islam Khan.
He said the LICT project would help meeting the skills demand of IT companies and contribute to enhancing the export earnings of booming ICT sector.
Unveiling the plan to build FTFLs, Project Director of LICT M Rezaul Karim said an incentive package will be provided to the IT and ITES industries to recruit the talented fresh graduates as FTFLs.
The companies will train them according to their needs and after completion of six-month training the trainees will be absorbed by the companies as FTFLs, he said.
Karim said the FTFLs would be brought under international certification by holding examination and their activities will be monitored online by the LICT project for a certain period of time.
He also said initially the programme will be launched for building 900 educated youths as FTFLs and befitting to the skills demand of IT and ITES companies by December this year.
Out of 900 initial FTFLs 300 will be selected for software development, 300 for BPO and 300 for IT/ITES related management, he said adding that leading IT experts of IT and ITES companies will conduct the six-month training.
Karim said the LICT project authorities have already asked the Bangladesh Association of Software Information and Services (BASIS), a platform of the country’s IT and ITES companies, to send the list of manpower required for IT and ITES companies.
“We expect to complete the recruiting process of 900 FTFILs and their training programmes within six months,” he said added.
The candidates who will be selected for job in three categories should have graduation degree in science (at least SSC or HSC Science ) background and for BPO Higher Secondary School passed.
-With UNB/The News Today input
