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FG to Coursera: Bring Your Expertise to Bear in Nigerian Universities

To train 24,000 Nigerians on digital skills programme

By Esho Ayemoba

The Federal Government through the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Prof. Ibrahim Pantami, has called on Coursera, a global ICT and digital solution provider to bring their expertise to bear across the 6 geo-political zones within their identified environments.

In furtherance of its digital capacity building initiative, the Minister said  government has entered into partnership with Coursera to empower twenty four thousand (24,000) Nigerians with digital and developer skills in various fields over a 3 year period.

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Declaring the training open on behalf of President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday, Pantami, said government is championing a paradigm shift of prioritizing hard, soft and social skills over theory and this collaboration will go a long way in supporting this shift.

Coursera, according to him is one of the world’s top online learning platforms hosting thousands of courses for some of the best universities and companies and has remained at the forefront of providing the global society with the education and resources it needs to build and maintain digital systems.

He reiterated government’s commitment to ensure that the nation’s citizenry is digitally empowered and properly positioned for the fourth industrial revolution.

“The recent Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) entered into, with Microsoft to train 5 million Nigerians in various fields of technology, is part of government’s efforts to fulfill the requirements for digital transformation as laid down in the Nigeria Digital Economy Policy and Strategy (NDEPS) document.” He said.

While expressing delight over the partnership, the Minister called on Coursera to expand its presence in Nigeria and especially in the academia where it already has an existing partnership with Covenant University.

“Coursera, he acknowledged is in partnership with Covenant University which is one of the best private universities in Nigeria based on their annual rankings and publications which I have keenly observed.

He underscored that the partnership has had a huge impact on the institution’s excellent standing.

“I therefore request that Coursera engages more academic institutions, at least one, in each geo-political zone and bring their expertise to bear within the identified environments.

”The Federal Government of Nigeria, through the Federal Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, is spearheading this collaboration under the auspices of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).”

Signed: Uwa Suleiman,

Spokesperson to the Minister, Communications & Digital economy.

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