25,000
PEOPLE TO RECEIVE ICDL IN ZIMBABWE
AND ZAMBIA BY 2016
ICDL
Africa and the Computer Society of
Zimbabwe (CSZ) have signed a new
agreement appointing CSZ to manage
the ICDL programme in Zimbabwe, as
well as to conduct development
work (on behalf of ICDL Africa) in
Zambia. The agreement runs until
2016 and aims to deliver digital
skills to at least 25,000
individuals during that time,
bringing the total number of
individuals reached by the
partnership to date to over
100,000. Read more.
SPANISH
UNIVERSITY TO OFFER ECDL
CERTIFICATION
The
Postgraduate School of the UAB
(Universidad Autónoma de
Barcelona) has signed a
collaboration agreement with ATI
(Asociación de Técnicos de
Informática -Association of
Computer Technicians) in order to
facilitate UAB students to obtain
ECDL certification.
UAB
has almost 50,000 students
enrolled and is one of the most
recognised universities in Spain.
Preparation courses for ECDL
certification will be offered as
distance learning, combining
individual work with participation
in virtual forums. Read more.
ICDL
BECOMES A KEY COMPONENT TO DUBAI’S
‘SMART SUMMER 2014’
ICDL
GCC Foundation signed an MOU with
Dubai Education Zone for the
launch of the first summer camp
named as ‘Smart Summer 2014’ in
Dubai, UAE, that will be held
during August 2014. Five hundred
underprivileged youths are
expected to enrol for this summer
camp. Parents will also be
encouraged to register, at no
additional cost, and gain the
international certification in IT
Security and Cyber Safety. Read more.
ICDL
ENABLES WOMEN IN SINGAPORE TO GO
BACK TO THE WORKFORCE
Mendaki
SENSE, a reputable ICDL Accredited
Test Centre and WDA Approved
Training Organisation, have
successfully completed a Back to
Work Women project. 300 women who
had been out of work for a period
of three months, completed a
series of training and
certification programmes which
commenced in 2013. To date, 277
women have passed ICDL Word
Processing, Spreadsheet, and
Presentation modules and 60% of
the candidates have already found
a job. Read more.
ICDL
PROJECT FOR THE FAMILIES OF
MARTYRS AND MISSING
The
The ‘Ministry of Care for the
Families of Martyrs and Missing’
in Libya has launched an ICT
skills and English language
training project for 800
Candidates and ICDL has been
chosen as the ICT certification
for this project.
The
Project is fully funded by the
Ministry and considered to be a
pilot project for a larger series
of projects starting in 2015. The
project is expected to last for
two months in training centers
that are distributed in twenty two
cities around the country. Read more.
INTERNATIONAL
ONLINE WORKSHOP ON ICT AND DIGITAL
SKILLS IN EDUCATION
On
20 February, ICDL Colombia, ICDL
Latinoamérica and ECDL Foundation,
held an international online
workshop on ICT and digital skills
in education.
Participants
of the global ECDL / ICDL
community were invited to discuss
the impact and relevance of ICT
and digital skills in schools,
their experience with the
certification programme and
examples of good practice of
working with ECDL / ICDL in their
schools. Read more.
ICDL
NATIONAL OPERATOR AND KEY
UNIVERSITIES IN PALESTINE
PARTICIPATE IN ICT AWARENESS
CAMPAIGN
Advanced
Quality Assurance Systems (AQAS),
Limited, held an ICT awareness
campaign in the West Bank,
Palestine from 27 February until
the 7 March 2014.
During
this campaign, meetings were
conducted with Professor Ali
Zaidan, the Minister of Education
and Higher Education, and Dr. Safa
Naseredeen, the Minister of
Information and Communication
Technologies. Meetings with the
Presidents, Vice-Presidents,
Deans, Heads of Departments, and
students of six universities also
took place. The importance of
training and certification in the
ICT sector was discussed, and the
role that ICDL can play in
enhancing skills to an
international standard was
emphasised.
The
campaign created lots of awareness
and interest in the ICDL programme
and has enabled a further spread
of the programme in Palestine. Read more.
ICDL
AFRICA TEAM VISIT RWANDA AND
UGANDA
The
ICDL Africa Team visited both
Rwanda and Uganda earlier this
month as part of the expansion of
the ICDL programme in East Africa.
ICDL Africa is recruiting Referral
Partners in both territories who
can be a local representative for
ICDL Africa, dealing directly with
key stakeholders and ATCs in the
market.
Both
trips proved very useful in terms
of market analysis, research and
the opportunity to meet with our
ATC’s and see the programme in
action. The team will be back in
Uganda in May to attend the 9th
Annual eLearning Africa
Conference. Read more.
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