Bangladesh ICT competition, driven by Huawei and Bangladesh computer council, will advance into the second round this week.
A total of 127 students from across the country will take part in this round for the next 15 days.
Almost 1000 fourth-year students from around 30 Bangladeshi universities participated in the competition’s first round, which started in January 2021, said a press release.
In these six months, students took part in several online trainings on a designated Huawei web portal, and appeared for a test to qualify for the second round.
The 127 students, selected based on their consistency with training and exam results of the first round, have moved to the second round.
In this round, students will take 15 days of online courses from HCIA (Huawei Certified ICT Associate), and sit for an examination to qualify for the third round.
The third and final round of the competition will be the national final. Top students from the second round will form teams, consisting of three students and one faculty, from every participating university. Instructors from Huawei headquarters will provide training to the contestants who will then need to pass a simulation test.
The competition consists of two parts, termed ‘Practical Competition’ and ‘Theory Competition.’ These will comprehend both the basic theoretical understanding and hands-on practical ability to assess innovative technology application and program design capabilities.
The top 3 teams will be announced as winners. The champion team will take part in the Huawei ICT Competition regional final and global final competition, in addition to winning Huawei laptop, mobile, smartwatch, or smartband as prizes.
If the COVID-19 situation improves, they will also visit Huawei Headquarters in Shenzhen, China. They can also get a chance to work with Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited in the future.
“We all know that the future will rely on digital platforms to maintain its growth and sustainability. The sole focus of the Bangladesh ICT competition is to fortify the digital backbone of Bangladesh by helping to cultivate the local ICT talents from the brilliant youths,” said Zhang Zhengjun, CEO of Huawei Technologies (Bangladesh) Limited.
This year, the competition will cover network switching and routing technical areas. Going forward, new technology such as Big Data, cloud, and AI will be introduced.
This event is the first of the four distinct programs — ‘Bangladesh ICT Competition 2021’, ‘ICT Joint Innovation Center,’ ‘Huawei ICT Academy,’ and ‘Curating Bangladeshi Startups’ — to be organized by Huawei to promote ICT talent and innovation in Bangladesh.
Huawei and BUET have signed an MoU for establishing the first ICT academy, which is currently in the works and will be inaugurated soon.