Number of boys and girls who want to became ICT specialists grows

The issue of  preparation of the national ICT cadres  has always been under the focus in Azerbaijan.  The ‘Human recourses fund for the development of ICT ‘ was created in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic of Azerbaijan to this regard.

The fund is used for providing financial support to the talented young Azerbaijani people who are receiving education in ICT and High-Tech departments of the leading universities of the world in line with the ‘State Program for the education of Azerbaijani young people in foreign countries in 2007-2015’. So far, 16 young women receiving training in ICT, have been supported by the fund.

Of them, 10 women have already completed their education. This information was provided to ‘ICTnews’ by an employee of the Ministry of Communications and IT Tarana Safarova. According to her, state programs envisage preparation of cadres in ICT and Information Security as well as improvement of professional skills of people working in these spheres.

As a result of propaganda activities, the number of boys and girls who want to become ICT specialists is growing. Thus, during 2009-2001 80% increase was observed in the number of girls, who studied at  the departments training  teachers on informatics and mathematics. The number of girls showing interest to computer science, information technologies and systems engineering has also grown by 37%.   

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