Government wants one million data scientists

[BusinessTech]

Government wants one million data scientists

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has committed to train one million young people to be data scientists between 2019 and 2030.

 

[HeftyCrab]

Just in time for elections.

Why dont they sort out the schooling system first?

 

[Nick333]

Government wants one million data scientists

The Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services has committed to train one million young people to be data scientists between 2019 and 2030.

Dream big, gauvament. Dream big.

 

[krycor]

Just in time for elections.

Why dont they sort out the schooling system first?

It’s the way gov and industries do things.. take a specialist (technically u need a honours or ideally masters) job that’s costly and train techies who have matric to do it all..

 

[FNfal]

Do they know how many zeros that is ?

 

[supersunbird]

2030... "We have trained 50 000 data scientists! Great success!"

(yes, I know, but I'm feeling generous with the amount that will really be trained)

 

[Zophos]

 

[ToxicBunny]

1 million?

Where do these retards get their numbers from... ffs...

 

[Quicks]

1 million?

Where do these retards get their numbers from... ffs...

Possibly from Zuma.

 

[Messugga]

Can write SQL script.
Now data scientist.

 

[Ho3n3r]

"scientists"

 

[grok]

"scientists"

'Decolonized' scientists studies remote controlled lightning instead..

Also, remarkable what a difference an upcoming election makes.

 

[Moto Guzzi]

Something smells here.

 

[envo]

They can't even train 10, never mind 1 million. At least they haven't promised to create that many jobs...yet...

 

[cguy]

I expect that if the government had 1 capable data scientist, they wouldn’t have put out that number.

 

[Thor]

Won't happen

 

[Seriously]

Do they know how many zeros that is ?

For a moment there I thought Zuma with his excelent counting abilities reemerged.

 

[Kosmik]

I'd be surprised if you found a million local people with the aptitude never mind the training. Get your STEM roots right first!

 

[Seriously]

I'd be surprised if you found a million local people with the aptitude never mind the training. Get your STEM roots right first!

LOL.

 

[therealace]

It is a good first world thought but it might be a bit ambitious.
And anyway once we have the scientists then we can start collecting data...