{"id":19380,"date":"2024-08-14T10:39:08","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/?p=19380"},"modified":"2024-08-14T10:39:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T10:39:08","slug":"nitda-dg-advocates-for-digital-literacy-in-education-at-national-stakeholders-dialogue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/2024\/08\/14\/nitda-dg-advocates-for-digital-literacy-in-education-at-national-stakeholders-dialogue\/","title":{"rendered":"NITDA DG Advocates for Digital Literacy in Education at National Stakeholders Dialogue"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col flex-grow\">\n<div class=\"min-h-[20px] text-message flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 whitespace-pre-wrap break-words [.text-message+&amp;]:mt-5 overflow-x-auto\" dir=\"auto\" data-message-author-role=\"assistant\" data-message-id=\"835513c5-cf01-4210-869f-67d7ea90a2b9\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden first:pt-[3px]\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose w-full break-words dark:prose-invert light\">\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, participated in the National Stakeholders Dialogue and High-Level Policy Committee on the Review of Basic Education Curriculum, hosted by the Nigerian Educational Research &amp; Development Council (NERDC).<\/p>\n<p>During the meeting, the Director-General emphasized NITDA&#8217;s ongoing efforts to integrate digital literacy into the school curriculum at all levels of formal education, from nursery to university. This initiative is in alignment with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu&#8217;s mandate to accelerate economic diversification by enhancing productivity in key sectors through technological innovation. The goal is to achieve 95% digital literacy in Nigeria by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>The meeting served as a platform to discuss and ratify the structure and benchmarks of the basic education curriculum, paving the way for NERDC to begin the design of a new curriculum tailored to the needs of Nigerian students.<\/p>\n<p>This collaboration underscores the importance of equipping the next generation with the necessary digital skills to thrive in a rapidly evolving global economy, ensuring that Nigeria remains competitive and innovative in the years to come.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-1 flex gap-3 empty:hidden -ml-2\">\n<div class=\"items-center justify-start rounded-xl p-1 flex\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 The Director-General of the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA), Kashifu Inuwa CCIE, participated in the National Stakeholders Dialogue and High-Level Policy Committee on the Review of Basic Education Curriculum, hosted by the Nigerian Educational Research &amp; Development Council (NERDC). During the meeting, the Director-General emphasized NITDA&#8217;s ongoing efforts to integrate digital literacy into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19383,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,41,49,50,53,54],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19380","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-investments","8":"category-news","9":"category-technology","10":"category-technology-trends","11":"category-travels","12":"category-trends"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techandbiz.com.ng\/wp10\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}