Kamruzzaman Bablu :
The government is going to launch a mega project titled ‘Advanced Certification for Management Professionals (ACMP)’ to provide IT Enabled Services (ITES) with a focus on training programmes for the mid-level managers of information technology based firms to boost the country’s ICT sector.
According to officials of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Ministry, the government has engaged the UK-based Ernst and Young (EY) company to launch ACMP on August 10 this year in partnership with the leading academic institutions of Bangladesh.
The World Bank-financed Leveraging ICT (LICT) for Growth, Employment Governance Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division has appointed EY to provide technical and non-technical world-class training to over 500 mid-level managers of different IT firms, the officials said.
When contacted, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak told The New Nation on Sunday that lack of skilled manpower is a consistent challenge faced by almost all IT/ITES companies locally and globally as well.
In line with its Digital Bangladesh Vision, the
government is trying to create a competitive advantage through skill development to take forward the country’s ICT sector, he said.
Palak said the UK-based EY project has been asked to make a partnership with leading academic institutions of the country to launch the ACMP for enhancing the skills of mid-level managers who are playing a vital role in developing their own IT firms.
“Reputed academic institutions’ partnership with their international counterparts will be a quick win for the industry,” he added.
It is to be noted that before the parliament election in 2008 ‘Digital Bangladesh Vision’ slogan had played an important role behind the victory of Awami league. That time they got huge response from all age’s of people, particularly the youth community. That’s why the ruling party again is stressing the need for implementation of mega projects on IT sector.
EY Project Director of Business Advisory Services Bidyut Thakur said the EY has already conducted a survey on skill gap of the IT managers of Bangladesh’s IT firms and analyzed the findings and talked to the stakeholders to prepare a training module based on the that.
The training will be held on Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC), Networking and Security, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Project Management, Customer Management, People Management skills, he said.
LICT Project Director Md Rezaul Karim said that the ACMP programme will cover 200-hour long training for each batch to be formed involving mid-level managers like team leaders, associate managers and managers of IT firms.
“It’ll be an extensive training programme to improve the skills of mid-level managers,” he said.
Team Leader of LICT Project Sami Ahmed said similar training programmes have already been developed by academic institutions like the La Salle University in the Philippines and the Indian School of Business (ISB) in India.
The government is going to launch a mega project titled ‘Advanced Certification for Management Professionals (ACMP)’ to provide IT Enabled Services (ITES) with a focus on training programmes for the mid-level managers of information technology based firms to boost the country’s ICT sector.
According to officials of Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Ministry, the government has engaged the UK-based Ernst and Young (EY) company to launch ACMP on August 10 this year in partnership with the leading academic institutions of Bangladesh.
The World Bank-financed Leveraging ICT (LICT) for Growth, Employment Governance Project of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC) of the ICT Division has appointed EY to provide technical and non-technical world-class training to over 500 mid-level managers of different IT firms, the officials said.
When contacted, State Minister for ICT Zunaid Ahmed Palak told The New Nation on Sunday that lack of skilled manpower is a consistent challenge faced by almost all IT/ITES companies locally and globally as well.
In line with its Digital Bangladesh Vision, the
government is trying to create a competitive advantage through skill development to take forward the country’s ICT sector, he said.
Palak said the UK-based EY project has been asked to make a partnership with leading academic institutions of the country to launch the ACMP for enhancing the skills of mid-level managers who are playing a vital role in developing their own IT firms.
“Reputed academic institutions’ partnership with their international counterparts will be a quick win for the industry,” he added.
It is to be noted that before the parliament election in 2008 ‘Digital Bangladesh Vision’ slogan had played an important role behind the victory of Awami league. That time they got huge response from all age’s of people, particularly the youth community. That’s why the ruling party again is stressing the need for implementation of mega projects on IT sector.
EY Project Director of Business Advisory Services Bidyut Thakur said the EY has already conducted a survey on skill gap of the IT managers of Bangladesh’s IT firms and analyzed the findings and talked to the stakeholders to prepare a training module based on the that.
The training will be held on Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC), Networking and Security, Big Data Analytics, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Robotics, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), Project Management, Customer Management, People Management skills, he said.
LICT Project Director Md Rezaul Karim said that the ACMP programme will cover 200-hour long training for each batch to be formed involving mid-level managers like team leaders, associate managers and managers of IT firms.
“It’ll be an extensive training programme to improve the skills of mid-level managers,” he said.
Team Leader of LICT Project Sami Ahmed said similar training programmes have already been developed by academic institutions like the La Salle University in the Philippines and the Indian School of Business (ISB) in India.
