Intel Corporation and ictQatar officials after signing the MoU.
Doha: Intel Corporation yesterday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with ictQatar to collaborate on a national digital inclusion programme in Qatar.
The initiative will advance integrated digital technology and encourage various digitally excluded target groups to learn and possess technological skills needed today. Intel will provide a complementary Intel Easy Steps Programme that provides adult learners with hands-on digital experience. Instructions are provided in a non-technical manner, accommodating learners with minimal computer experience and providing an opportunity for adult learners to enhance social and economic self-sufficiency through digital literacy.
ictQatar will provide the courses in English and Arabic through flexible programmes in community settings, as well as “train the trainer” workshops in which 60 selected individuals will become instructors, and will be taught class management, so they are able to cascade the training to their peers. A crucial part of the collaboration is to develop customised content for Qatar and target groups in Arabic.
“Technology has become a necessity in multiple aspects of our daily lives, and it is imperative to ensure we provide the basic tools to support and encourage adult learners; this is something we will achieve through our collaboration with Intel, allowing us to strengthen our digital education initiative across the nation,” said Damian Radcliffe, ICT and Society Acting Executive Director at ictQatar.
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