KT-NIA Partner to Train AI Talent in Developing Countries, Run AICE in 3 Nations Including Vietnam
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KT and NIA have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to expand AI education and certification programs for developing countries.
The agreement covers AI and digital talent development, the establishment of a certification system, linkage with Information Access Centers (IAC), and linkage with the WFK IT volunteer corps.
In the second half of this year, AICE Basic education and exams will be piloted at Information Access Centers in 3 countries, including Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Georgia.
KT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) have agreed to expand AI education and certification programs for developing countries, building on their long-running cooperation in AI education and certification in Korea. The two sides announced on the 22nd that they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) aimed at supporting AI-based inclusive digital transformation and strengthening global capabilities.
The agreement includes AI and digital talent development, the establishment of a certification system, linkage with Information Access Centers (IAC), linkage with the World Friends Korea (WFK) IT volunteer corps, expert exchanges, and the expansion of education programs. Through these areas of cooperation, the two sides plan to operate and expand related programs on the ground overseas.
KT and NIA have continued to cooperate in AI education and certification in Korea. Since 2024, NIA has been operating KT's AI proficiency test, AICE, along with related education and exams, to help employees strengthen their AI capabilities.
With this agreement, the scope of AICE will expand to overseas sites. Based on the article headline, the countries where AICE will be operated are 3 countries, including Vietnam.
In the second half of this year, AICE Basic education and exams will be piloted at Information Access Centers in Vietnam, Sri Lanka and Georgia. The program will start in Vietnam in November and continue in Sri Lanka and Georgia in December. The pilot will begin with VOD-based online training for 100 people in each country, followed by 3 days of local offline training for 20 participants in each country selected from among those who completed the online course, and then an AICE Basic exam for 20 people in each country. The training will use AIDU, KT's AICE education and practice platform, and KT digital talent scholars and local instructors are expected to participate.
AICE Basic is a foundational certification exam for non-majors. The assessment covers data analysis, basic AI principles and application capabilities, and participants can take part in the training and evaluation without separate coding.
This project is linked to the overseas digital education infrastructure operated by NIA. Information Access Centers are spaces where people in developing countries can experience and learn digital technologies.
Information Access Centers are established at local public institutions, government ministries and national universities. The Information Access Center project began in Cambodia in 2002, and its current scale stands at 64 centers in 48 countries.
KT and NIA plan to pursue local AI education linked with the WFK IT volunteer corps and AICE starting next year. Based on the results of the pilot program, the two sides plan to refine the target countries, training scale and operating methods.
The WFK IT volunteer corps is an overseas IT education and digital capability-building program launched in 2001. To date, 9,594 volunteers have been dispatched to 78 countries. This project is being carried out in a way that links the WFK IT volunteer corps with AICE, spreads the AI education and certification experience accumulated in Korea to overseas sites, and supports AI and digital talent development in developing countries.
Lee Jung-woo, executive vice president in charge of KT ESG, said the project is meaningful because it marks the first application of Korea's AI education and certification experience at an overseas site. He added that KT will work with NIA to support young people in developing countries in strengthening their AI capabilities and continue expanding the scope of cooperation.
Source: TECHWORLD · Kim Seung-gi
Original: https://www.epnc.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=407303
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