Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: 47 Pakistani students have completed an eight-day virtual training under the Seeds for the Future Program 2022, offered by Huawei Technologies (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan and the Higher Education Commission (HEC), Pakistan.
Huawei offers this training program every year on information and communications technology (ICT) for undergraduate students of Pakistani universities majoring in ICT fields. The opportunity helps Pakistani students excel in the field of ICT.
The training program offered undergraduate students a rich experience involving technology courses (including 5G, Cloud, AI, etc.), a leadership course, Chinese culture experiences, a live visit to the tech exhibition hall, participation in the “Tech4Good” group project, and cultural exchanges with outstanding peers from around the world.
The 6th Huawei ICT Competition reached an unprecedented scale, attracting over 150,000 students from more than 2,000 universities and colleges in 85 countries and regions. Finally, 130 teams from 43 countries attended the global final. Team Brainiacs from Pakistan won the award for the best group project, Tech4Good.
Under the program, 130 students were selected from the universities of Pakistan in the last seven years, and 55 of them were sent to China for two weeks of training on culture and advanced ICT skills.
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, the training has been continuing online. The competition has become an international talent exchange and cooperation platform.
