President Alvi underscores need for software training programme

ISLAMABAD: Underscoring the need for specialised training programme, President Dr. Arif Alvi has said that Pakistan has lagged behind in software exports due to lack of focus and proper training.

The President said this during a video conference with a group of leading Pakistani IT experts from Silicon Valley to discuss Pakistan software business initiative and training programmes for information technology students of the country on Thursday.

According to a statement released from the ministry, the president emphasized that if executed as proposed Pakistan could generate foreign exchange and had a world class software workforce.

He added that it would also check the drainage of technical specialists to the other countries. Under this programme, initially 250 software graduates will be trained by overseas trainers.

The basic objective of this initiative is to train the students and prepare them for software development jobs, especially relating to artificial intelligence, block chain and mobile application, in the highly competitive global market.

This proposal outlines the technical areas that Pakistani engineers need to be trained in order to meet the industry standards.

Federal Minister for Information Technology and Telecommunication Dr. Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui was also present on the occasion.