Exploring the Vast Career Opportunities & Scope of ICS in Pakistan”
“Scope of ICS in Pakistan”
ICS is a two-year degree program for intermediate students who want to get knowledge and education of computer sciences and Information technology. Intermediate in Computer Sciences is now becoming one of the most chosen fields by the students all over Pakistan. The main reason why students are choosing ICS is because of the increase in the technological demand of the world. All the professional fields are advancing in the sector of Information Technology, that is why the students who want to make their future bright are choosing ICS as their educational field because ICS helps them to get various computer and technical skills opening the gate way of success for them. By studying ICS students can further pursue in any technological field aiming to be successful in life and to secure the dynamic jobs in the Information Technology Sector.
The Demand For ICS Graduates in Pakistan:
The world has now become a global village. This is only because of the rapid progress of Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology. Pakistan is growing rapidly in the sector of Information Technology. Pakistan is going to set up a large Information Technology sector. For the development of IT sector infrastructure, the government is in search of fresh ICS graduates. The Directors of many tech companies are in search of the ICS graduates to hire them and get influenced by their skills and expertise. This behaviour is increasing the demand of ICS graduates in Pakistan and the gate way of success for ICS graduates.
Industries Benefiting From ICS Professionals:
In Pakistan, many IT firms are getting advantages from the skills of ICS graduates. ICS graduates are highly demanded by software houses, digital marketing agencies, It service providers and tech firms for the initial programming, database management, software development, coding, and troubleshooting problems. Despite these focused IT departments other departments banks, schools, hospitals and educational institutes are also in search of ICS graduates to run their softwares and databases. ICS graduates can also work as an application developer, programmer, software developer or coder.
Emerging Technologies and Opportunities:
The sector of Information Technology is now developing many new applications using programming and coding skills for this purpose, the demand in the employment for ICS graduates is now increasing rapidly. ICS graduates are highly needed for the management of technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Sciences and Cybersecurity. Because of the increase in the cases of cyber crimes the demand of cyber security experts. So, it is highly observed that the emerging technologies are giving the opportunities of making the future of ICS graduates.
Freelancing Opportunities for ICS Students:
Mostly ICS graduates are practising their skills on online platforms as a freelancer. Some websites like Fiverr, Upwork or Freelancer are providing many opportunities to the ICS graduates to earn money by practising their skills. In these platforms many employers hire these graduates and get beneficent by their technical skills. Some IT skills that are highly demanded on these platforms are graphic designing, web development and designing, gig generating, content development and program development. These platforms are best and beneficial for those ICS graduates who are expert in programming languages like JAVA, PYTHON and PHP. These programmers and developers beneficate the world with their highly expert skills by meeting them on these freelancing platforms.
Academic Progression After ICS:
ICS opens the doors of academic progression on the students who choose it. As ICS is all about technical and computer science studies, it makes an ICS graduate take admission in any higher education degree of computer technology like software engineering, graphic designing , data sciences and Information Technology. Apart from these computer technological study programs the students of ICS can also further pursue in business administration and IT, Medical informatics, Accounting and Finance and Chartered accountancy. This identifies that studying ICS is very beneficial for those who want to choose a variety of professions but choose carefully as it is the decision of long-term commitment with your future.
Challenges For ICS Students in Pakistan:
Studying ICS has many advantages but it also has many disadvantages in Pakistan. As Pakistan is a developing country and is going through many economic crises it is becoming very difficult for the students studying ICS to acquire knowledge from highly paid institutions which becomes a barrier in their practical field. ICS is the study of science and technology and the students studying ICS are always willing to study higher technological degrees from higher universities like Superior University, Government College University or Punjab University. These universities are offering the best science degrees but their fee structures are too high to be afforded by unprivileged students. So, they pursue low level universities with less facilities of theoretical and practical studies. These problems affect their practical and professional lives. Apart from this, the competition for IT jobs and internships are also too high, thousands of applicants are applying for one single position which causes an increase in illiteracy.
Future Prospectus For ICS in Pakistan:
According to the initiatives taken by the Pakistan government for the development of IT sector it is likely to be hoped that the future of ICS students is very bright in Pakistan. Government is looking forward to establishing institutions to provide free education of computer science and information technology to students that have studied ICS. They are also setting up IT parks and sectors in various cities to ensure the availability of resources, internships and jobs for freshly IT and ICS graduates. The eligible students can also register for Prime Minister’s Laptop scheme and win a laptop to practise their degree as a freelancer. Government is also establishing institutions for short courses of IT and freelancing. It seems that all these perspectives will brighten the future of ICS students in the country.