Digital skills for employability and productivity
Tumaini Senior Secondary School is a secondary school in Arusha – Tanzania with The National Examinations Council of Tanzania (NECTA) registration number S5493. The boys and girls boarding school, provides quality education, have an additional curriculum such as STEM whereby students study advanced technology, PBL= PROJECT BASED LEARNING. Student centered learning is influenced by doing …
In mid-November, The ICDL Africa team in Kenya engaged ATC Coordinators and representatives in a series of meetings. The objectives of these meetings were to engage partners in open discussions relating to their experiences throughout the year, plans and strategies for the coming year(2023) as well as various ways in which ICDL Kenya can support their …
Over this past summer, a group of students from Dublin represented Ireland at the First Lego League competition in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. They returned home with the Breakthrough Award in recognition of their achievements. The team of students was made up of Claire, Karina, Cara and Monica, who met each other through the Girl …
The European Commission has released the DESI report for 2022. DESI is the index that the European Commission produces to monitor member states’ digital progress on an annual basis. DESI includes individual country profiles, showing analysis of progress against the key indicators as well as areas requiring priority action by member countries. The Key Indicators …
Last month, ICDL Italy welcomed a large delegation from ICDL Vietnam on a visit to see how ICDL is implemented in Italy. The delegation included team members from ICDL Vietnam, teachers, government representatives and Vietnamese school leaders. The delegation visited an Italian ICDL school, IIS Giovanni Falcone – Augusto Righi in Corsico on the outskirts …
Five refugees fleeing the conflict in Ukraine have all passed an ICDL course in the midlands of Ireland. Tipperary ETB received a referral to help a group of Ukrainians improve their English language skills to help them integrate into the local community. This group of learners expressed an interest in IT and built on their …
Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne received a special mention in the ICDL Schools competition earlier this year. The school offers students a grounding in ICDL modules to develop digital skills that will help them in other classes at school. Students typically study six modules as part of the ICDL Academic Profile Pack from the ICDL Workforce programme, …
All ICDL Profile Packs and Module packs include online practice tests called diagnostic tests to help diagnose what digital skills areas your class need to work on. What is an ICDL diagnostic test? An ICDL diagnostic test is a kind of practice or mock assessment of skills for a specific ICDL module. It covers the …
The annual Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI), published by the European Commission, has been released. Ireland ranks fifth in this year’s index, with an average yearly growth of the DESI score of 8.5%. Ireland ranks most strongly in the human capital dimension as well as digital public services. DESI ranks the countries of the …
Recent research from Salesforce has shown that only 32% of Irish workers are confident that they have the skills they need for the digital workplace, but that the vast majority are planning to upskill in this area. The top workplace digital skills for employees in Ireland are skills to use collaborative technology, digital administrative skills, …
