DWP Technologies has delivered Huawei Certified ICT Expert (HCIE) training to 150 university students from across Pakistan, according to a post on its LinkedIn page. The students gained advanced technical knowledge in IP Data Communication, which the company says builds industry-relevant skills and prepares them for opportunities in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector. DWP described the programme as a step towards developing a skilled talent pool and widening local and international employment opportunities for graduates. It thanked the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and Huawei for their partnership and their commitment to developing the next generation of ICT professionals.
HCIE is the highest of the three levels in Huawei’s ICT certification, which also includes the Huawei Certified ICT Associate (HCIA) and Huawei Certified ICT Professional (HCIP), according to the material published by Huawei academies at Pakistani universities. The certifications cover areas such as routing and switching, cloud computing, security, storage, wireless networks, and data communication, and a student normally works up through the levels. IP Data Communication is the field that deals with how data moves across networks, including the routers, switches, and protocols that carry internet traffic. Because HCIE sits at the top of the ladder, training at that level is aimed at students who already have a solid grounding in networking and want to prepare for expert-level work and examinations.
The training builds on a long partnership between HEC and Huawei. The two organisations set up Huawei ICT Academies, known as Huawei Authorized Information and Network Academies, in universities, including 16 universities across the country, according to the University of Engineering and Technology Taxila, which hosts one. In 2020, the HEC and Huawei signed a memorandum of understanding to raise the number of training slots under the Huawei ICT Academy Programme from 800 to more than 3,000 per year. Huawei has also said it would provide advanced technical training to 60,000 Pakistanis, with a total of 300,000 participants expected to receive training by the end of 2025, according to TechJuice. DWP’s programme for 150 students is a small part of those figures but fits within the same effort.
The post does not say how long the HCIE programme lasted, where the sessions were held, whether they were online or in person, or how many of the 150 students have sat or passed the HCIE examinations. It also does not describe DWP Technologies’ role in more detail than to say it delivered the training, and it does not say how the participants were chosen or which universities they came from. Those details matter because expert-level certification usually requires several months of study and a hands-on laboratory examination, and the value of the training to students depends on how many go on to complete it. The company said it remains committed to supporting young talent and contributing to Pakistan’s digital future, and further information on results would need to come from DWP, HEC, or Huawei.
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