President Dr Arif Alvi on Wednesday stressed the need to equip youth with skills of latest technology saying that the Pakistan’s economy was linked with the development of Information Technology in the country.
He said Pakistan had become the second largest free lance market in the world, however the people were facing issues related to financial transactions.
He underlined that by easing the financial movement and financial transactions in Pakistan, the country’s economy could further boost and its GDP growth rate could increase by 2-3%.
Addressing the closing ceremony of Huawei ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) competition 2022-23 here, the president said IT had now become unavoidable part of almost every filed of life.
He informed that Huawei was going to open its global service center in Pakistan which would create employment opportunities besides ensuring technology transfer to the youth of the country.
“This ICT Competition Program from Huawei speaks volumes of the efforts made in the past decade and how this Industry-Academia Relationship has been thriving towards providing the solid backbone towards the ICT Industry of Pakistan”, he added.
The president stressed that the universities should arrange boot camp in the campuses to train the university graduates and make them ready for the market.
He also urged the universities to start two-year undergraduate associate degree programs for the students as the growing technology around the globe does not need degrees but skills.—APP
