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 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...
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...
REPORT ON ESCO HIGHLIGHTS ECDL QUALITY ASSURANCE MEASURES
ECDL has been referenced in a new report from the European Commission as an example of quality assurance in skills certification. The report, ‘Support to the development of the ESCO qualifications pillar’, was commissioned to help develop the qualifications element of the European Skills/Competences, Qualifications...
DANSK IT INITIATIVE SEES DIGITAL SKILLS & JOBS COALITION DENMARK FORMED
DSJC Denmark, the Danish national coalition affiliated to the EU’s Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition was launched in February 2019. The coalition aims to improve digital competences in the country. In 2018, DANSK IT was approved as the official Danish partner of the Digital Skills...
COMBATTING DISINFORMATION ONLINE ON THE AGENDA AT FIRST EUROPEAN MEDIA LITERACY WEEK
Media literacy was in the spotlight last week as the EU marked its first European Media Literacy Week. A series of events, including a high-level conference brought together organisations from the public and private sectors that are working to tackle issues around disinformation online and...
STUDENTS AT COLLEGE IN SUZHOU OFFERED OPPORTUNITY TO GAIN ICDL AND COURSE CREDIT
Students at Silicon Lake Vocational and Technical College, in the Chinese city of Suzhou, will have the opportunity to gain ICDL certification. The College is the first in Suzhou to answer Jiangsu Provincial Education Department’s call to encourage vocational students to actively take up international...
ICDL THAILAND COMMITS TO BUILD ‘SMART DIGITAL PRE-CADETS 4.0
1,300 students and 200 faculty at the Thai Royal Military Academy Preparatory School will have the opportunity to develop their digital skills with ICDL. The initiative forms part of a larger effort in Thailand to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution and improve the country’s...
DELEGATION FROM CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS ICDL AFRICA IN RWANDA
A delegation from the Government of Côte d’Ivoire’s ANSUT (National Agency of the Universal Service of Telecommunications/ICT) visited ICDL Africa. The visit was aimed at strengthening collaboration between the organisations in the national deployment of ICDL in the west African country. During the meetings in...
UGANDA TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY BECOMES ICDL TEST CENTRE
Students at Uganda Technology and Management University will have the opportunity to certify their digital skills with ICDL after the private university became an ICDL Accredited Test Centre. Uganda Technology and Management University is a private university licensed by the National Council of Higher Education....