REPORT OF NATIONAL IT TRAINING FOR YOUTH

INTRODUCTION

As part of its youth development agenda, the Federal Ministry of Youth Development in conjunction with the Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) conducted a one-week IT-based [swfobj src=”http://www.citad.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/slides3b.swf” align=”left”]  Entrepreneurship Development Programme for Youth from 18 states and the Federal Capital Territory at the Kano University of Science and Technology (KUST), Wudil Kano State, the objectives of the training which held from 9th to 16th, January 2011 include:

1. To train youth development officers on IT-based youth development programme

2. To facilitate the development of a model youth development programme for the Ministry

3. To prepare youth for the work place by equipping them with life and employability skills.

4. To provide youth with crucial work based experiences within a youth – development approach

5. To develop the entrepreneurship ability of the youth

6. To develop their ICT skills for job creation and employment generation

7. To provide youth with an employment experience that put them in touch with real life labour expectations and practices

8. To provide youth with career instruction and greater awareness of support networks and various employment opportunities

The following states were invited to participate, nominating 12 youth. In addition, the youths were accompanied by Directors of Youth from their States:

1. Adamawa

2. Bauchi

3. Benue

4. Bornu

5. FCT

6. Gombe

7. Jigawa

8. Kaduna

9. Kano

10. Katsina

11. Kebbi

12. Nassarawa

13. Niger

14. Plateau

15. Sokoto

16. Taraba

17. Yobe

18. Zamfara

REGISTRATION

On the Sunday, 9th January, 2011, the facilitator organization of the programme in conjunction with the host University set up a registration desk to receive, register and allocate participants to both their places of residence as well as to their training group. Participants were also given the Joining Instruction (appendix 2) which served as guide for participation in the Programme. As not all the states were able to arrive on the arrival date of Sunday, 9th January, the registration desk was left to continue registering the participants as they came..

THE PROGRAMME

The training programme consisted of the following Modules:

1. Windows 97

2. Microsoft Word

3. Microsoft Excel

4. Microsoft PowerPoint

5. Internet Utilization

6. Entrepreneurship

In addition as youth development problem, it also included sporting and cultural activities.

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