Huawei announced on Thursday (8) a partnership with Senai to offer courses with certification for the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector, to professionals with higher education, and the installation of professional training laboratories , to the technical level.
As Huawei’s Director of Public and Government Relations, Bruno Zitnick, revealed to Convergência Digital , 12 labor training laboratories should be in operation by July. The partnership involves the Federal District, Bahia and Tocantins. Another agreement, signed with Unisuam, involves Niterói, in Rio de Janeiro .
The goal is to train up to 2,200 professionals by the end of the year, just in the laboratories already installed. The courses will focus on FTTH (fiber to the home) technology, which allows high internet speeds , being able to transmit large data packets in a few seconds.
“We are going to close eight more partnerships with other institutions and with priority for the North and Northeast regions. These are the regions with the greatest need for skilled labor to expand fixed broadband,’ added Zitnick.
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Education support
The opportunities are aimed at nearly 15 million young adults who neither work nor study. Also according to the executive, the first groups of FTTH laboratories in Bahia, Tocantins and Distrito Federal, with 20 students each, and the 5G course – Applications Industry, will have free enrollment. Afterwards, the pricing will be under the responsibility of the partners – the educational institutions.
Training labor is strategic for Huawei’s plans in Brazil. Today, the company has partnerships with 67 educational institutions, but intends to close an agreement with up to 100 universities by December. Over the past five years, the manufacturer’s education initiatives have trained more than 36 thousand students across the country. For the next five years, the goal is to train another 40,000 talents.
Via: Digital Convergence