ICT professionals volunteer to inspire children in schools in Bangalore, India
In December 2018, 250 techies from Bangalore, India returned to school as part of the celebration of the Skill Build Community Day in Government Higher Primary School at Nagawara. Around 450 students and teachers benefitted from this initiative and learned…
New digital literacy programme to empower women from Northeast India
The National Commission for Women, Facebook, and the Cyber Peace Foundation jointly launched a digital literacy programme for women in Northeast India in December 2018. The digital literacy and online safety programme for the women of the Northeast is specialized…
The government of the Netherlands releases new plans for digital inclusion
The government of Netherlands released two plans to promote digital accessibility: the “Dutch Digitization Strategy” and the “Digital Government Agenda: NL DIGIbetter.” The plans pursue four main objectives: making digital services easier for everyone, helping people deal with digitization, explaining…
Communities of Practice can support teachers to stay updated and embrace the digital transformation in their classrooms
An editorial from David Young published by EdTech magazine suggested that one effective strategy to drive digital literacy and high-quality education in classrooms is to support the growth of networks of teachers, or ‘Communities of Practice’ (CoPs). CoPs are groups…
Public-private digital literacy programmes to upskill citizens in Pakistan
An article from The News Pakistan summarized a set of initiatives that have been launched by Facebook to increase digital literacy in the country. It provides yet another example of how organizations from the private sector are implementing programmes to…
Reading Makchixx organized a digital literacy outreach programme in Pahang, Malaysia
A group of STEM lecturers from the Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering of the University of Malaysia Pahang that goes by the name “Reading Makchixx” organized a digital literacy outreach programme to boost digital literacy in local communities from…
Melisizwe Computer Labs Project teaches robotics and digital literacy to children in South Africa
An article published by news24.com presents Bongani and Mbali, two robots built by nine pupils from the robotics course of the Melisizwe Computer Labs Project in Johannesburg, South Africa. The robots are equipped with motion sensors to recognize objects in…
Good Things Foundation calls for 100% digital inclusion in the UK by 2028
The Good Things Foundation released a report called “A Blueprint for a 100% Digitally Included Nation” claiming that by 2028 there would still be 6.9 million people in the UK without basic digital skills at the current rate of progress….
The government of Portugal launched an initiative to increase digital literacy skills nationwide
The government of Portugal announced the investment of EUR 23 million to support “INCoDE.2030,” a new programme to improve the digital literacy and skills of the population. The initiative is divided into five areas, which include: inclusion, education, qualifications, specializations,…
Organizations in the United States receive grants to teach people with autism how to code
Nonprofit Autism Speaks is backing 14 programmes in the United States to teach people with autism how to code, along with other digital literacy skills. This initiative is part of the NXT Gen Coders Program, which is a joint initiative…
