Huawei PH brings digital skills to more students toward a sustainable world

POSTED BY: Lionell Go Macahilig
2021-11-28 08:02:00 PHT

Huawei Philippines has concluded the 7th Seeds for the Future program this year. The campaign benefited over 200 students across the country. Key officials from the government, university heads and Seeds for the Future alumni joined the closing ceremony held Friday.

“I highly laud Huawei’s Seeds for the Future Program. The sincerity of Huawei’s intention to eliminate the digital divide cannot be more apparent and clearly manifested in ways other than by providing useful training programs to contribute to ICT talent development and provide the technical skills needed in the industry," said Arnold Ali Atienza, undersecretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology, in his remarks during the program.

"As Huawei aptly puts it, the Seeds for the Future Program is their way of sharing their innovation and technology to hopefully support the requirements of the Philippine ICT Industry and nurture the development of the local ICT Talent ecosystem,” Atienza added.

“Congratulate you our dear scholars for having embarked on this grand adventure of personal and professional growth and we always cherish with fondness the memories of this journey and may you also never forget the excitement you felt when offered this proverbial seed and saw the boundless potential contained therein,” said Renato Solidum, undersecretary of the Department of Science and Technology.

“I would like to express our deepest appreciation with our colleagues and friends at Huawei for helping us in our long term vision to provide world class, scientific, technological, and innovative solutions towards high productivity and better quality of Life. Huawei’s commitment to developing skilled local ICT talents is laudable especially because how it bridges communication in between countries and cultures in a time we needed it most," Solidum added.

According to the World Economic Forum, ICT has made it possible to create value – as seen in remote work, remote healthcare and remote education – particularly from the perspective of inclusivity. More opportunities are expected to further growth through ICT as new technologies like 5G, AI and IoT become more widely applied.

“This is the reason behind Seeds for the Future program,” Huawei Philippines Vice President Daniel Guo said during the closing ceremony of Seeds in the Future 2021, “It’s our great pleasure to offer more opportunities for ICT talents, to help students in the Philippines become better equipped, to take advantage of the opportunities in digital technology and nurture the development of the country’s ICT ecosystem.”

The Seeds for the Future program was launched in the Philippines in 2015, covering more than 200 Filipino students during the past seven years. The ICT Academy, which locally started in 2018, has covered more than 50 Philippine universities, with over 9,600 students joining the course.

In addition, Huawei also signed a memorandum of understanding with the DICT to offer Huawei certification courses in emerging technologies to help reach a bigger audience, promote digital learning and widen the ICT pipeline for sustained and inclusive growth.