UNICEF urges youth to adopt digital learning for upskilling
Cross section of participants at the workshop
The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has urged youth to embrace digital learning platforms to accelerate skilling, upskilling, and employment opportunities.
Mrs. Blessing Ejiofor, UNICEF Communication Specialist, said this on Thursday in Lagos at a two-day workshop organized in collaboration with the National Orientation Agency (NOA), Lagos Office, for young people and journalists across the country.
Supreme reports that the two-day workshop is tagged “Media Dialogue on Digital Learning Platforms.”
Ejiofor said the program was aimed at galvanizing the media to support advocacy on digital learning solutions with a focus on bridging the digital divide, especially for girls and young people in hard-to-reach communities.
She noted that UNICEF had collaborated with governments and other partners in creating the enabling environment for skills development that would enable young people to thrive and be better able to respond to the country’s social and economic needs.
Ejiofor also said that the deployment of the Nigeria Learning Passport (NLP), an online, offline, and mobile digital learning platform that supports learning and skills acquisition for children and youths, as well as the Youth Agency Marketplace (YOMA) platform, were avenues to skill development and connected young people to opportunities for employment, entrepreneurship, and social impact.
Mr. Joannes Yimbesalu, UNICEF Programme Specialist, said that the workshop was an opportunity to explore, learn, and share ideas on the benefits and opportunities available to young Nigerians on the NLP, YOMA, and U-Report digital platforms.
Yimbesalu enjoined the media to help amplify these digital platforms among the youth.
In her remarks, the NOA Director in Lagos, Ms. Adetola Adegboyega, said that the training was important due to the importance of technology in day-to-day activities.
Adegboyega, who noted that journalists were also an important aspect of the training, said that they would help in disseminating information on the opportunities offered by digital learning.
