NITDA Trains 24,372 in Academy, Launches Digital Development Challenge – PRNigeria News
NITDA Trains 24,372 in Academy, Launches Digital Development Challenge
The National Info Technology Development Firm (NITDA) stated its next tactical action is to arrange an ‘Innovation Difficulty’.
This is with a view to providing native service that can help develop digital learning platform for rural neighborhoods in Nigeria, according to Mr. Inuwa Kashifu.
Kashifu, who is the Director General (DG) of the agency, made this understood on Thursday, at the ‘NITDA Stakeholders’ Meetup and Hangout’.
He likewise stated about 24,372 active students are presently discovering under NITDA Academy.
The hangout, hung on Zoom platform, was themed: “Leveraging Native Technologies to Improve Educational Advancement”.
Inuwa, said though the COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the conventional instructional system, it has transformed digital and online education internationally.
He stated: “However, kids in rural and underserved communities are being left behind, as they are not geared up to adjust or shift to the new approaches of knowing.”
At the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, together with NITDA, Mr. Inuwa, described that they reacted by releasing virtual knowing platforms for Nigerian people.
“This is to guarantee they invest their time meaningfully out of school,” he said.
The Director-General of NITDA, further included: “Our platforms are targeted at reskilling and upskilling our people with digital abilities for post-covid-19 world, and future of work.”
He said that 149 million new tasks will be created in the next 5 years, according to a study carried out by Microsoft.
Mr. Inuwa, while speaking further, noted that “These brand-new tasks are going to remain in Expert System, Cybersecurity, Cloud Computing, Robotic and Software development.”
He said the hangout was organized to open a conversation on how we can utilize emerging technologies to develop a cost effective native option to deal with the current global knowing crisis utilizing the local solution.
“And secondly, to motivate and incentivize our innovative residents to establish valuable product or services using emerging technologies,” the NITDA employer added.
Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, in a remark, appreciated the exceptional strides of NITDA, which he said has actually helped to alter the narrative of Nigeria’s digital economy program.
He restated the Federal Government (FG’s) assistance towards promoting indigenous IT creative ideas in order to actualize the digital financial targets of President Muhammadu’s administration.