BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 16. As manay as 123
students from 9 universities were selected for the IT SkillSprint
program, Vusala Gurbanova, head of the digital medical services
development department at the Innovation and Digital Development
Agency (IDDA), told reporters at the opening ceremony of the IT
SkillSprint program, Trend reports.
''Higher education institutions around the world provide
students with mainly theoretical knowledge, and various models are
used to reinforce this knowledge in practice. One such model is the
integration of industry into higher education institutions,'' she
added.
She noted that tudents will expand their knowledge in four main
areas. The program covers data analysis and artificial
intelligence, cybersecurity, web programming, and DevOps.
Gurbanova emphasized that these areas are currently considered
priorities in Azerbaijan and are among the main sectors in need of
training in the country:
“The main goal of the project is to increase the potential of IT
specialists in the country and transform the theoretical knowledge
gained at universities into practical skills,” she concluded.
