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Namibia: Govt Gives N$ Two million for Computer Training

22 June 2005

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Windhoek — CABINET has approved N$2 million from the Social Security Commission's (SSC) Development Fund to assist 323 unemployed youths obtain information and communication technology (ICT) qualifications.

This follows an undertaking by the Education Ministry to assist the youth in obtaining ICT skills to make sure unemployed youths were more marketable and employable.

Forty-one per cent of young Namibians are unemployed.

The training will primarily target the rural areas and 323 youths will be trained annually until five per cent of Namibians acquire a recognised ICT qualification.

The Ministry of Education's National ICT Skills Scheme aims to significantly increase the ICT skills of Namibians, especially unemployed youths, so that those undergoing training can obtain internationally recognised qualifications and that rural Namibians are given equal access to skills training.

The youths will be offered the following certified qualifications: the International Computers Driver's Licence (ICDL) - a qualification in basic ICT skills, an A+ qualification for ICT technical staff to enable them to maintain computers, and a Java programming certificate.

The Development Fund of the Social Security Commission has received financial contributions from the Ministry of Labour in recent years.

Currently the total reserves is estimated at N$49,2 million, of which N$3 million accrued during the last financial year has been earmarked for the National ICT Skills Scheme.

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