The Ministry of National Education and the Presidency of Defense Industries signed a deal yesterday for the training of students in different fields of technology, from artificial intelligence to cybersecurity
The Ministry of National Education and the Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB) Monday signed a cooperation protocol on vocational and technical training to raise future experts.
The implementation of the protocol will start with the training of teachers in fields of industrial automation technology, aircraft maintenance, artificial intelligence (AI), cybersecurity, big data, aircraft technology and avionics. Following the training of teachers in the related fields, the program will become more comprehensive with the involvement of students in the process aimed at strengthening vocational training in secondary education, raising experts and increasing awareness about defense industries. It is intended that 2,023 teachers will receive training in fields relevant to the defense industry until 2023, the centennial of the Republic of Turkey.
In the first phase, the protocol will cover information technology, electric and electronic technology, industrial automation technology, shipbuilding and many other fields. The protocol is considered a new step by the Education Ministry and SSB to reach the objective of raising a new generation of experts and enhancing current capacities and facilities.
As part of the cooperation, the human resources of the Education Ministry and the SSB’s expertise and capacity will come together to encourage the engineers of the future. Accordingly, the teachers will be able to directly access correct information from the institutions of the defense industry and participate in the process of experience-sharing, thus enabling efficiency.
BY DAILYSABAH NEWS
