The seminar "The Synergy of IT- Education and IT- Industry" was held on May, 24 at the premises of NTUU "KPI". The participants discussed the preparation of specialists for the sphere of information technologies and the harmonization of curricula to the requirements and needs of the market . The meeting was attended by teachers , heads of departments and deans of the NTUU "KPI" , representatives of the IT industry and the Association "IT Ukraine", scientists and senior students .
"There is a quarter of all engineering students in Ukraine and about a fifth of young people who possessed information technology now studying at the NTUU "KPI " - said the first pro-rector NAS academician Yuri Yakimenko at the opening meeting , - Therefore an extremely important task for us is to adapt our curricula to modern needs , and we must work on this together with the industry representstives . Moreover, to overcome some of the existing problems without such assistance will be pretty hard for us. First of all, it concerns , of course, the raise the question of practical skills of the future specialists. That's why we have gathered here today to discuss and coordinate our actions. "
The training of the IT sphere specialists at KPI is really very big. As Deputy First Vice Rector Professor Vladimir Timofeev emphasized in his speech, today it is performed at three institutions and four faculties. Moreover, it is very thoroughly studied at other faculties and technical directions, and most of them are prepared by Professionals for which professional knowledge of IT- technology is an essential part of professional competencies. Therefore it is clear that the organization and interaction with perspective employers is the sphere to which the University pays great attention.
Of course, inconsistencies in ensuring skills of future " pros " necessary for their successful work knowledge and skills remain to some extent. Some of them have systemic nature and to overcome them we should also not hurry . About recipes and ways to resolve these issues based on the experience of countries which are now leaders in IT education, told the director of "Inter- Consulting" Igor Mendzeborsky .
The seminar was held in the form of a round table , so his performance , as well as speeches and presentations Director of the Association "Information Technologies of Ukraine" Victor Valeyeva and representatives of educational departments of large IT- companies caused an animated discussion. The KPI professors speeches were not of less interested, they talked about how is the language training provided for the future professionals of the IT industry , as the content of the training is determined and adjusted in accordance with its requirements , and that this process should be improved ;about standards of the educational programs, the organization of production and employment practices in companies , as well as real-world examples of successful cooperation between the university and IT companies .
In general, the seminar has become the evidence that the current problems of harmonization of education to the needs of the IT market at the level of companies, industry associations and universities was not only arisen, but also solved.