Human Resource Development in IT Service Industry at NUOL
Laos
Nov 10,2008
TFaculty of Engineering, National University of Laos
From December 2008 To November 2013
National University of Laos
Compared to the situation whereby developed countries and nearby ASEAN countries are utilizing Information Technology (IT) to the acceleration of economic development, the advancement of informatization in Lao PDR has been delayed. Therefore, it is a concern that the economic gap has widened. Regarding IT development policy in Lao PDR, the importance of IT education was recognized at the 7th Lao People's Revolutionary Party Congress in 2001. The utilization of IT has been promoted as a means to promote economic and national development in Lao PDR. The government of Lao PDR (GOL) recognized the necessity of the utilization of IT fields as major means to actively promote industrialization and modernization. In this regard, in January 2003, the policy for industrialization and modernization stated that it is necessary to 1) focus on IT education, 2) promote socio-economic growth though the use of IT not only in the field of communication but also in the fields of tourism, transportation, health and environment.Compared to the situation whereby developed countries and nearby ASEAN countries are utilizing Information Technology (IT) to the acceleration of economic development, the advancement of informatization in Lao PDR has been delayed. Therefore, it is a concern that the economic gap has widened. Regarding IT development policy in Lao PDR, the importance of IT education was recognized at the 7th Lao People's Revolutionary Party Congress in 2001. The utilization of IT has been promoted as a means to promote economic and national development in Lao PDR. The government of Lao PDR (GOL) recognized the necessity of the utilization of IT fields as major means to actively promote industrialization and modernization. In this regard, in January 2003, the policy for industrialization and modernization stated that it is necessary to 1) focus on IT education, 2) promote socio-economic growth though the use of IT not only in the field of communication but also in the fields of tourism, transportation, health and environment.
In order to develop human resources in IT field efficiently and effectively, the technical cooperation project namely "the Project for the Upgrading IT Education (Information Technology Bridging Course)" was implemented in National University of Laos (NUOL) for 5 years from April 2003. Then, to develop human resources in IT fieldhas been considered as important role of NUOL.
On the other hand, the existing education institutes in Lao PDR have been facing difficulties to meet the strong demand from the IT service industry for developing practical IT specialists/ engineers especially in the field of database, network and application.
Against this background, the GOL requested the technical cooperationof the Japanese government on this matter in relation to the FE at NUOL. This project aims to contribute to the economic development of Lao PRD by establishing the sustainable system for developing human resources in the government and private sectors. The concept of this project is in line with "Asia Information Technology Initiative (AITI)" advocated by Japanese government from 2002.
Overall Goal:IT service industry is well-developed in the Lao PDR.
Project Purpose:Human resources are developed according to the IT service market through the postgraduate courses by the Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology of the Faculty of Engineering at the NUOL.
1-1 | Prepare various types of necessary guidelines and the format of the implementation records |
1-2 | Prepare the TOR of the counterparts |
1-3 | Establish the mechanism of the job matching between the graduates and employers |
1-4 | Operate IT-related equipment |
1-5 | Conduct the inventory of the equipment regularly |
1-6 | Monitor the actual activities along the guidelines |
1-7 | Reflect the lecturers' activities in the IT Business Unit into the lecturers' evaluation |
1-8 | Monitor the career options of the graduates |
2-1 | Prepare the plans of the IT Business Unit and the format of the achievement records |
2-2 | Conduct the activities, such as sales promotion, PR activities,etc., along the plans of the business unit |
2-3 | Monitor the progress of the plans of the IT Business unit |
2-4 | Encourage the graduates to promote new businesses (judged by the time of the mid-term evaluation) |
3-1 | Prepare the plans for the technical transfer to the lecturers |
3-2 | Prepare the curriculum and learning materials for the lecturers' trainings |
3-3 | Prepare the evaluation sheet of the system development for assessing the practical skills of lecturers |
3-4 | Conduct the lecturers' trainings |
3-5 | Monitor the practical skills and teaching capabilities of lecturers on regular basis |
4-1 | Study the market needs in the IT service industry |
4-2 | Set up the curriculum board |
4-3 | Develop the curriculums, syllabi, and learning materials for the postgraduate courses according to the market needs |
4-4 | Evaluate the curriculums of the postgraduate courses through the curriculum board |
4-5 | Conduct the postgraduate courses |
4-6 | Revise the curriculums, syllabi, and learning materials on regular basis |
4-7 | Study the satisfaction ratings of the postgraduate courses |
5-1 | Set up the study sessions, such as the IT industrial development, cyber laws, new market exploration, etc., by the government, industry, and academia (including students and alumni association) |
5-2 | Conduct the symposiums, etc. by the study sessions |
5-3 | Hold the joint annual seminars |
5-4 | Deliver lectures by the visiting lecturers |