The Information and Communications Ministry on Friday initiated the construction of a technology training center at the State Islamic University (UIN) Syarif Hidayatullah campus in Ciputat, Tangerang.
The center would function as a training facility for experts in IT and would be the largest of its kind in Southeast Asia, the ministry says.
"We hope the center can forge professional human resources in communication and information technology," Information and Communications Minister Muhamad Nuh said at the official commencement of construction ceremony at the campus on Friday.
A similar training center was also being built in Bekasi, West Java, Nuh said.
The Rp 200 billion (US$21 million) UIN project is being financed by the central government with a loan from the South Korean government through the Economic Development Corporation Fund.
Also at the ceremony was Religious Affairs Minister Maftuh Basyuni, UIN rector Komarudin Hidayat and South Korean Telecommunications Corporation president Kim Han-suk.
Nuh said the management and operation of the training center would be entrusted to the UIN Syarif Hidayatullah staff.
"We will use the center to train experts and researchers in information technology for government institutions, state enterprises and the private sector," he said.
The five-story building is being built on a one-hectare block of land and will be equipped with modern technological facilities including lecture and seminar rooms, video conference equipment, e-learning and computer laboratories, a library and a workshop.
The center plans to offer training to cover basic information and communication technology, web development, IT administration, network engineering and multimedia.
No comments:
Post a Comment
Put You Comments Here