It will focus on skills such as computer vision, computer language processing, and statistical data, as well as various skills such as the ethical use of this technology and the development of solutions aimed at generating a positive impact on society.
The program will provide the necessary resources for the curricular design focused on AI and machine learning processes, which will benefit approximately 25,000 students in the next three years, to reach up to 50,000 in subsequent years.
It will be implemented in the Conalep schools of the State of Mexico, Jalisco, Nuevo León and Querétaro. According to Manuel Espino, general director of Conalep, it is expected to be extended to 128 of the 313 schools where there are already careers related to computer science.
Ana Peña, director of communication for Intel, shared that this agreement is extremely relevant, since 65% of employers in Mexico cannot find the talent they need, according to figures from Movimiento STEM.
In addition to the fact that all industries, not just the technology sector, are demanding students from these careers, since these profiles are responsible for making digital tools work together with the fact that eight of the 10 best-paid jobs in Mexico come from careers STEM.
The importance of Conalep for Intel
Although Conalep is an institution underestimated by society in Mexico, Cardona pointed out that its relevance in this program is due to the fact that it has a significant number of students that can reduce the current shortage of workers for the technical area of technology.
“Technicians are extremely important for the productive sector, so institutions like Conalep are vitally important for the economy because not all areas only need engineers. Anyone who thinks that technicians are at a different level is absolutely false, the economy needs many technical professionals in the jobs of the future, ”he shared with Expansión.
Irais Barreto, head of the Global Economic Intelligence Unit of the Ministry of Economy, emphasized that this type of agreement allows for the construction of public policies where students find good jobs with better salaries and if they want to go to another part of the world be of their own free will and not because they did not find opportunities in the country.
Regarding the employability of the students, the participants highlighted that the institute will have a better relationship with employers so that the profiles of the graduates are the same as the profile required by the companies and no retraining is necessary.
Espino concluded by saying that the stages of transformation must advance hand in hand with education and that also implies that the development of AI must be accompanied by an ethical dimension so that it is not used against humanity.
“Here we are not afraid of the evolution of science,” he commented. “You have to learn to use technology, use it carefully, responsibly and ethically to ensure a better future.”