1,800 students pass IT Generation course, 147 find jobs in industry
More than 1,800 Ukrainians – 85% of all participants – completed coursework as part of the now-completed IT Generation project, announced the digital transformation and statistics ministries.
All in all, 1,877 students successfully mastered new IT specialties, with 147 graduates already finding work in the IT sector. In total, 2,200 Ukrainians participated in the project.
Training ran from September 2022 to July 2023. Throughout the program, 378 students studied FrontEnd, QA — 299, UI/UX Design — 231, Python — 214, Project/Product management — 182, Java — 152, JavaScript — 151, HR — 105, Digital Marketing — 88, Business Analysis — 46, BlockCha.
The Ministry of Statistics reported that those participants who found IT jobs were able to do so quickly, and that it expects that number to shortly double.
Participants most commonly found work with project (product) management, HR, and JavaScript.
The programs with the highest job success rate were GoIT (20.6% of all students), Source IT (19%), and A-Level ( 15.7%).
Project partner Binance Charity allocated $1 million to provide scholarships for 1,830 students. Another 370 participants studied at the expense of various schools.
In May, it was reported that the Ukrainian IT sector was among the three most powerful in Central and Eastern Europe.
The military war may be swinging in our favor, but the information war continues.
Just as an army needs soldiers, so does a free society need its journalists to ensure that people have access to honest, trustworthy voices to understand the world around them.
For the past five years, The New Voice of Ukraine has been working tirelessly to push back against Russian narratives and defend democracy. But we cannot do it alone.
Please consider supporting us on Patreon for just $5 a month – your donation does directly to supporting journalists and ensuring that this front of the infowar says solid and defended.
Thank you.
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Google News
