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The first phase of the Bangladesh ICT Skills Competition has begun with 500-plus students from 30 engineering universities competing in it.
All these students will have free online courses through a dedicated online platform managed by Huawei.
Also, the participants will get two weeks for online learning in the preliminary round, and an exam will take place on February 19 to evaluate their learning.
The exam will consist of MCQ and true-false questions. And top 20 qualifying universities will be selected for the semi-final round where they will be provided with Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) R&S Training for two weeks.
Next, the top 10 teams will be nominated for the country final, which will take place on March 18 in the form of E-Lab Practice.
Yang Guobing, president of Enterprise Business Group of Huawei Technologies Bangladesh, said, "We need to empower the students with a collaborative effort whenever we can. So, we are pleased to initiate multiple competitions, strengthening the youth's knowledge in the technology sector."
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Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding with Bangladesh Computer Council and Bangladesh Hi-Tech Park Authority to launch numerous ICT competitions for university students three months ago.
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