By NATION REPORTERTHE much anticipated Kazipower Girls ICT training programme has kicked off in Lusaka Province with an initial 50 girls selected from schools across the Province.Airtel Networks Zambia recently signed a partnership agreement with Smart Zambia Institute (SZI) in an initiative to help provide digital skills training to school girls. The initiative was also aimed at encouraging the girls to pursue careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).Ministry of Education Permanent Secretary, Jabbin Mulwanda, said government was committed to supporting Digital Transformation Centres (DTC) Initiatives. He said this was because the programme ensures a digitally transformed Zambian society where the girl child would actively participate in socio-economic activitiesDr Mulwanda said this in a speech read on his behalf by director planning and information at the Ministry, Nicholas Chikwenya.This was at start of the training sessions at the National Institute of Public Administration (NIPA) in Lusaka yesterday.“May I take this opportunity to thank the International Telecommunication […]
50 SCHOOL GIRLS UNDERGO ICT TRAINING
