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2. CORPORATE TRAINING PROGRAM
There is a shortage of formal/official certified trainings in Pakistan regarding high-end technologies, such as Mercury Interactive, PeopleSoft, SAP and Siebel. PSEB has initiated a program that brings in trainers from abroad to train and subsequently certify, individuals nominated by their companies. PSEB bears 80% of the cost of the training, while the remaining 20% is borne by the participating companies themselves. E-mail/ newsletters are regularly sent, as and when required, to PSEB-registered companies to update them in this regard.
It is mandatory for the applicants to fulfill the pre-requisites in order to qualify for selection. These pre-requisites vary from one training to another. PSEB follows the requirements that are set forth by the course provider.
CAPACITY BUILDING PROGRAM (PSDP)
Objectives:
This capacity-building project is based on two types of trainings. One is “Specialized Training” for local IT companies within specialized areas in order to retain their competitive edge among international market players. The second was “General Training” in the field of project management, network/security systems and business process modeling.
Specialized Training
PSEB believes that Pakistan’s IT industry should itself take the proactive initiative of identifying its specific training requirements for immediate or future projects and ventures. PSEB provides financial assistance of 90% of total training cost to each selected IT company. This should not, however, exceed US$ 30,000 or its equivalent in Pakistani Rupees.
General Training
In order to achieve standards in the areas of project management, network security and software architecture, PSEB has subsidized 80% of the total training cost for Project Management Professionals (PMP), Certified Information Systems Security Professionals (CISSP) and Rational Rose for employees working in selected IT companies.
Under this project, PSEB recently conducted a training workshop for “Rational Rose” and "Certified Information Systems Security Professionals", and also provided financial assistance (80% subsidy) to the selected individuals recommended by their IT companies for this training.
Certification Assistance
In order to motivate both the individual employees and organizations, PSEB will reimburse 100% cost of 20 selected professionals achieving PMP, CISSP and/or Rational Rose certifications after attending the requisite training workshop(s). Reimbursement of examination fee has been made to 5 participants of PMP workshop and 10 participants of CISSP workshop.
Achievements
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The project committee has so far awarded the specialized training grant to 7 companies in the first stage out of which 4 companies have executed their respective trainings. In the second stage 18 companies applied for this grant out of which 9 companies have been shortlisted by the committee for this grant. At least 5 companies have committed usage of funds before December 2008.
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A PMP workshop was conducted for 40 IT professionals in Islamabad and Karachi.
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A CISSP workshop was conducted for 33 IT professionals; 10 achieved certification.
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Rational Rose training was held in June 2007, and 16 resources from 10 IT companies participated in the training.
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Capacity Building of Pakistani IT Industry (R&D Funded)
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| Training Title |
Oracle
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Siebel
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Mercury
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SAP
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Number of Trainees
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16
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24
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8
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15
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Number of Companies
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9
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10
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4
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6
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Capacity Building of Pakistani IT Industry (PSDP Funded)
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| Training Title |
CISSP
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Rational Rose
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PMP
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Number of Trainees
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33
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16
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40
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Number of Companies
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24
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10
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31
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CONTACT INFORMATION
PSEB Project Office (
Islamabad )
Mr. Shehzad Ahmed
Project Manager - Corporate Training Program
Pakistan Software Export Board (G) Limited
2nd Floor Evacuee Trust Complex
F-5, Agha Khan Road
Islamabad - 44000
UAN 111-333-666
Fax: 92-51-9204075
E-mail: sahmed@pseb.org.pk
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