Yesterday, 27 March 2019, had the opportunity to be present at the Official Launch of “Young Graduate Cloud Development Programme”. The Venue was Labourdonnais Hotel, Port Louis. On the way, had the opportunity to i) discover the parking for Motorcycles (only Rs. 25) and you can securely keep you helmet ii) discover the Bonbon Coco and Bonbon Limon:
This 9-month training is being done by Polytechnics Mauritius in collaboration with Oracle Africa. The Chief Guest of the event has Hon. Yogida Sawmynaden Minister of Technology, Communication and Innovation.
This programmes is under the HRDC’s Graduate Training for Employment Scheme (GTES). This scheme ensures the training and placement of unemployed graduates for a period not exceeding one year, with possibility of employment, whilst ensuring that employers find relevant skills that meet the specific requirements of their business.
Benefits for Employers
- Up to Rs 80,000 as funding for the cost of training per graduate
- Customised training to address your identified area of skills shortage
- An available pool of graduates ready to fill the talent gap in your enterprise
- A monthly stipend of Rs 3,000 per graduate will be offered by the HRDC
Employers / industry associations / group of employers can identify skills gaps within their business, and enlist and train graduates on customised training through the following methods:
- Courses mounted in-house by the employer to meet specific skills requirements of the business;
- Courses mounted jointly by the employer and a registered training provider;
- Courses mounted by a group of employers or through industry associations with a registered training provider; or
- Industry Certification programmes or professional courses.
The Director of HRDC, Mr. Raj Auckloo was present at the ceremony. I find the programme interesting, from an IT perspective.
It covers topics such as:
- Oracle Cloud
- Platform as a Service
- Application Development
- Business Analytics
- Chatbot Development
- Mobile Development
and also some Soft Skills like
- Presentation Skills
- Communication Skills
- Working in Teams
- Working in a corporate environment – Do’s and Don’t
What is interesting that the students will be working on a Project that needs to go Live. Very Interesting. We could imagine for eg. a Chatbot, powered by Artificial Intelligence and implemented Live for general public to use. for eg: Government Online Service accesses via Facebook Messenger Chat.
Just Imagine: You need to book an appointment for Learner’s Test and you do same via Chat. Or taking an appointment with National Transport Authority by interacting with the Chatbot.
The Launch of the Programme was done by the Hon. Minister Sawmynaden using a Smartphone and interacting with the ChatBot of Polytechnics called PolyBot. It was cool!