Huawei Philippines has launched the 6th Seeds for the Future program, with over 60 students coming from 15 universities and Smart Sweep member schools joining the program this year. The company also seeks to close the gap between knowledge learned in the classroom and the skills required by the industry, as well as enhance knowledge transfer.
Huawei’s Seeds for the Future program is an initiative that aims to help cultivate young talent, ensuring that the tech-savvy and change-resilient young people have the skills and mindsets needed to be competitive in the workplaces of the future.
In the past five years, from more than 500 aspirants from the Philippines, 50 deserving students from the Philippines took the journey to China and joined Huawei Seeds for the Future program.
Jose Santiago Sta. Romana, the Philippines Ambassador to China said, “It may be recalled that in 2018, President Rodrigo Roa Duterte emphasized the need to further empower the youth by making quality education affordable and accessible to all.
Lily Freida Mila, Deputy Executive Director of Commission on Higher Education, stated in the opening ceremony, “The COVID-19 pandemic restricted our physical mobility, but it did not or must not affect our ability to learn, to create and to connect. COVID-19 is a test of our commitment to internationalization and our passion for creating a global classroom that creates an enriching experience for our students and faculty.”
Talent is so important for the growth and development of any industry and the rapidly growing ICT industry has greatly changed business models and customer requirements. As a result, across the ICT ecosystem, there is an urgent need for large numbers of technical staff who can address the challenges posed by this transformation.
Jay Chen, vice president of Huawei Asia Pacific Region, said, “HUAWEI has been almost 20 years in the Philippines, through Seeds for the Future, and also as an enduring commitment to a sustainable world, we aim to bring digital skills to more people.
By sharing our ICT expertise and experiences in the global business environment, young people from different countries can learn about advanced technologies in the ICT industry and accumulate ICT expertise and skills through the Seeds for the Future program, contributing to the progress of the global ICT industry.
