Scottish kids build “Little Lighthouses” to learn technology skills
Digital Xtra Fund from Scotland published a post about the Little Lighthouse program aimed to engage 6-8 aged children in digital skills learning. The program encourages kids to combine computing science and technology with other concepts such as electricity, design,…
New Advanced Technical Diploma curriculum to train Indian youth for specialized IT employment
The Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) in India and IBM launched a two-year Advanced Technical Diploma curriculum to provide youth with technical skills for landing in specialized jobs. The program will be offered to students from Industrial Training…
BeCode.org trains young developers in Belgium
BeCode.org is a Belgian coding school that seeks to train talented young developers for fulfilling the needs of the digital economy in Belgium. The organization provides coding school programs that are accessible to all focusing on computational thinking and motivation…
Universal Service Fund empowers Pakistani Girls in ICT to strive in the digital economy
In December 2015, we published a post about Bait-ul-Mal and the national Universal Service Fund (USF) joining forces with Microsoft to launch its Girls in ICT program to help train 5000 girls. Two years later, the program has continued to…
More than 5,000 students in Qatar will receive cyber safety and digital literacy training
The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MOTC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEHE) of Qatar will train 5,000 students in cyber safety. The training will fit into their Digital Literacy Curriculum (DLC) for which a…
Private sector organizations offer ICT youth skills training in Port Elizabeth, South Africa
Vodacom, Cisco and MICT-Seta created the Mobile Education program to offer digital skills training for unemployed youth at Nelson Mandela University in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. Through this project, participants are taught how to become ICT entrepreneurs and learn how…
Science World will teach 17,000 youth digital skills through CanCode initiative
TELUS World of Science is one of the organizations that recently received funding from Canada’s CanCode initiative to teach young people from Vancouver coding and digital skills. The organization will receive $693,000 CAD to support its new Tech-Up programs that…
CanCode program to invest $50 million CAD in digital skills for Canadian children
Canada’s government announced the organizations that will be awarded with an investment of $50 million CAD in 2018 to promote educational opportunities for kids to learn digital skills and programming. The CanCode program will support groups that work with children…
Code.org computing videos will be offered through in-flight entertainment systems
In the beginning of 2018, Code.org launched a series of videos available on YouTube for children to learn how computers and internet work. These training audiovisuals were originally created to support teachers to engage their students into learning technology skills…
Girl Guides Canada launched DeCode program to keep girls safe online
As the celebrations for the Safer Internet Day 2018 begin, Girl Guides Canada launched the new digital literacy program DeCode to help girls understand how to use technology for their daily lives in a safe manner. DeCode covers topics that…