NITDA Launches Portal To Train One Million Youths On Software Development
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), under the supervision of Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, has called on Nigerians to apply for its training programme on software development (NITDA Developers Group, NDG).
The agency made the call on Sunday in a statement by the Head, corporate affairs and external relationship, Mrs Hadiza Umar.
According to Mrs Umar, the project which would be undertaken through NITDA’s subsidiary, National Center for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR) located in Wuye District, Abuja, is in partnership with relevant stakeholders in the ecosystem.
According to the statement, “The programme is in line with National Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) of the Federal Government, and NITDA’s Strategic Roadmap and Action Plan (SRAP 2021-2024) pillar of Emerging Technologies.
“Trainees will go through a series of coaching, and lectures to develop programming skills in Python for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, Robotics and Data Science.
“The Director General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, CCIE, has directed NCAIR to run the programme under 24/7 operation schedule within the Centre, including an internship programme that will provide intensive training to Nigerian youths with the goal of producing software developers.
“NDG Training is divided in to two batches (A&B). Batch A will run from Monday to Wednesday, Batch B will run from Thursday to Saturday, and Sunday will be independent study day, and Certificates will be issued to the students/trainees at the conclusion of the programme.
“Classes will be held six (6) days a week in 3 clusters (24 students each), with 12-hour sessions for independent study and working on exercises and projects between 8pm and 8am daily, the statement said.
