(i)
IT literacy in Schools
The Education initiatives in Secondary school has been a success. Those
initiatives need to be deepened, and extended to the Primary schools.
The original program will be evaluated and refashioned to achieve the
specific ends of
supplying marketable skills and competence beyond
mere literacy. The implementation of widespread Internet access and the
increased training of primary and Secondary school Teachers in Internet
competences will also characterize the next phase of IT education.
(ii)
Life‐long learning
There are major segments of the adult population which had had little or
no exposure to digital literacy. If they are to be enticed to utilize the new
services, relevant initiatives to educate them must be undertaken.
Community level training will be intensified and made easily available on
a large scale. The use of the schools Lab facilities after normal school
hours will be embraced to widen and speed up the process. Basic literacy
skills, e-literacy skills, Internet skills, the use of standard software packages
will characterize the community level training.
Vocational Training and Certification
(iii)
The IT literacy and competency training would be stepped up in a
focused manner with a view to increasing the chances of employability of
the unemployed segment of the population as well as providing digital
literacy for those already in employment, thereby ensuring that the
workforce will be prepared for the inevitable transformation that it will
face in the coming years.
Consideration would be given to providing incentives packages to firms
that organize IT literacy courses for their own staff. Workers initiatives to
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A STRATEGY AND ACTION PLAN FOR GRENADA
Anurag Sinha