Jakarta – Interaction and Informatics Minister Johnny G. Plate strongly thinks that digital talents can bolster the nation’s competitiveness and productivity based on which the ministry held a Digital Talent Scholarship (DTS) program this year.
” DTS 2021 intends to enhance abilities in the field of information and communication innovation for the public, specifically the young workforce, and for state civil servants in the field of information and communication innovation. The DTS program is expected to increase the productivity and competitiveness of the nation in the Market 4.0 age,” Plate kept in mind in a news release, priced quote here, Thursday.
Digital training is deemed an opportunity to develop abilities and competitiveness and maintain the residents’ productivity.
” We make every effort to continue to help with the expertise of Indonesian children through this Digital Talent Scholarship program, so that in future, this training will not only assist people to have the needed skill sets in the digital age however at the same time likewise preserve citizens’ performance online,” the minister discussed.
Eight forms of training offered this year at the DTS: Fresh Graduate Academy (FGA), Vocational School Graduate Academy (VSGA), Specialist Academy (ProA), Digital Entrepreneurship Academy (DEA), Thematic Academy (TA), Government Change Academy (GTA), Talent Scouting Academy (TSA) and the Digital Management Academy (DLA).
Presently, 3 types of training are being conducted online: FGA for college graduates or final year students, VSGA for Vocational High School (SMK) graduates, and TA for industry gamers.
The FGA training is kept in cooperation with 53 universities, Global Technology Business, and Education Technology Partners, with training styles presented, such as Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, DataCom, Storage, Core System Administration, Microsoft Fundamentals, Big Data utilizing Python, CCNA Network Engineer, Cyber Security Operations, IT Fundamentals, Database Design & Programming with SQL, JAVA (Java Structure), and Java Programming.
The VSGA training is held in cooperation with 42 universities with the subjects provided during the training: Junior Network Administrator, Junior Mobile Developer, Junior Web Developer, Junior Graphic Designer, Intermediate Animator (Movement Graphic Artist), Intermediate Multimedia Designer, and Radio Frequency Engineer.
The themes during the TA training comprise Scrum Master (Basic Level), Front End Banking IT Class, Back End Banking IT Class, Big Data for Social Science, Video Content Creator, Cyber Security Analyst for the general public Sector, Indonesia Women in Tech: Programming with Python, Partner Data Scientist: Artificial Intelligence for Lecturers and Instructors.
The Ministry of Communication and Informatics targets to train 100 thousand digital skills through the 2021 DTS program.
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