The Federal Government will on Friday commission a Digital Nigeria Centre (DNC) in Osun State.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami and his Interior counterpart, Rauf Aregbesola, will commission the DNC project in Ilesa, the hometown of Aregbesola.
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A statement on Tuesday by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) said Osun State Governor Adegboyega Oyetola, would be a Special Guest of honour.
According to the statement, the DNC, hitherto known as School Knowledge Centre, targets students and youths for skills acquisition in order to increase ICT literacy among school teachers and students; provide a platform for accessing online educational resources; equip students with ICT skills; facilitate ICT adoption in teaching and learning; and increase pass rate in mathematics, English language and other science subjects.
“This project, the first to be commissioned in Osun State since the modification of the project as DNC, is located at the Ijesa Muslim Grammar School, Ilesa’’, the statement added.