A SOFTWARE development company and an education centre have teamed up to provide an on-the-job training program aimed at strengthening professional development and creating employment opportunities in the ICT sector.

The program will provide practical work skills and promote ICT literacy, said U Kyaw Moe Tun, director of Myanmar Information Technology, which is collaborating with the Myanmar Professional Education Centre to provide the training.

“Our training will offer a variety of formats, including traditional classes and practical work with our senior workers on a real programming project,” he said, adding that the courses would also enable trainees to become familiar with an ICT work environment.

U Kyaw Moe Tun said the centre would provide teaching staff for the program.
The training, to be held at MIT, will be for three or six months, and cost K50, 000 a month, he said. The first batch of about 15 trainees was selected late last month.

“All selected trainees will be treated as if they are members of our staff,” said U Zaw Moe Tun. “They will have to work our office hours and follow our organisation’s rules and regulations; this will enable them to experience a real working environment.”

Certificates would only be issued to those who completed their assignments and adhered to the company’s rules and regulations, he said.

The training meets a need for practical experience among those with ICT qualifications who have been unable to find a job in their field.

They include Ko Phyo who has completed international ICT diploma and other certified courses. “I have applied for many IT jobs but have not been successful because I do not have work experience,” he said.

“Business organisations only select people with work experience so I hope that taking this course will help me be appointed to a suitable job in the future,” he said.