NEW INITIATIVE FOR DIGITAL SKILLS CERTIFICATION IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION LAUNCHED IN CHINA
China’s National Centre for Educational Technology (NCET) launched a new project on ‘Upskilling and Certifying the Digital Skills of Chinese Vocational College Students’ at a conference at the Nanjing Vocational College of Information Technology in April. The initiative will help implement the Chinese Ministry of...
PARTNERSHIP WITH SINGAPORE ACADEMY OF LAW TO DEVELOP ICDL PROFESSIONAL LEGAL PROGRAMME
ICDL Foundation has signed an agreement to develop an ICDL Professional Legal programme with the Singapore Academy of Law. The agreement was endorsed by Ms Serene Wee, Singapore Academy of Law’s Chief Executive of Law, and Damien O’Sullivan, Chief Executive of ICDL Foundation. The signing...
ICDL OFFICIALLY ENDORSED BY THAI MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
ICDL is officially recognised as an education standard in Thailand. A certificate of recognition was presented by Education Minister and Chair of the International Vocational Education Committee, Mr Teerakiat Jareonsettasin, to ICDL Thailand Managing Director, Hugh O’Connell. The recognition certifies that the International Vocational Education...
ICDL OFFICIALLY ANNOUNCED IN ITALY
AICA, the Italian ICDL operator, officially announced the new ICDL programme in Italy on 10 May 2019, at the same time as ICDL Foundation launched ICDL in Europe at an event in Brussels. The announcement was covered in articles in many Italian newspapers, and a...
EU ATTITUDES TO INTERNET SECURITY REVEALED IN NEW SURVEY
A new survey on Europeans’ attitudes to internet security has revealed that a majority of respondents are worried about falling victim to cybercrime. The survey, conducted by the European Commission, was published this month based on a public opinion survey. It aims to provide a...
ICDL BECOMES THE DIGITAL SKILLS STANDARD FOR EGYPTIAN TEACHERS
Teachers in Egypt will be able to become ICDL certified under a new partnership between ICDL Arabia and the Egyptian Ministry of Education and Technical Education. ‘ICDL Teachers’ will help build the digital skills, capabilities and competencies of teachers and employees at the Ministry. The...
ICDL FOUNDATION AND SPECTO MEET JORDANIAN TEST CENTRES
Specto, the ICDL operator in Jordan, held a meeting with test centres from around the country, attended by Damien O’Sullivan, CEO of ICDL Foundation, in March this year. The meeting gave representatives of test centres an opportunity to introduce themselves and share their experience with...
ICDL LEBANON SIGNS AGREEMENT WITH MARITIME ACADEMY
ICDL Lebanon signed an agreement with the International Maritime Academy of Lebanon on 15 January. Under the agreement, students at the academy will have the opportunity to take ICDL certification tests. The International Maritime Academy of Lebanon is the first academy in the Middle East...
CCS AND ECDL CYPRUS ORGANISE ‘TRAIN-THE-TRAINER’ WORKSHOPS
Cyprus Computer Society and ECDL Cyprus have successfully organised ‘train-the-trainer’ workshops on the ECDL Computing module during the Easter school holidays. The ECDL Computing module will be introduced in Cyprus in September. Trainers from ECDL test centres all over Cyprus participated in the seminars. The...
WORLD BANK FUNDING SUPPORTS TRAINING FOR USING ICT IN SCHOOLS IN KOSOVO
Seven schools in Kosovo are using ECDL certification to improve the use of ICT in teaching thanks to an ECDL Kosova project funded by the World Bank’s Education System Improvement Project (ESIP). ESIP is an initiative to improve education in the Republic of Kosovo. It...