Over 850 young Nigerians have successfully completed this year’s Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Bootcamp organised by National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) through the National Centre for Artificial intelligence and Robotics (NCAIR).
The kids whose ages range from 8-16 years were tutored and urged to imbibe a passion in STEM in order to create an early interest in digital technologies, which will in the long run shape their future careers accordingly.
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Director-General of NITDA, Inuwa Kashifu Abdullahi in his keynote address at the close of the 10-day bootcamp noted that the programme, which held simultaneously in Abuja, Lagos and Kano encouraged the kids to start early in deepening their interest in different areas of Information Technology (IT) and emerging technologies.
According to him, seven out of the 10 fastest growing and better-paying jobs globally are in the Information Technology (IT) sector. He, therefore, urged the participants to seize the golden opportunity to start coding early in life, and become exceptional by coming up with initiatives that can solve problems.
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