Women Association Council Gets ICT Certification

Bandar Seri Begawan - The Women Council of Brunei Darussalam successfully completed their hands-on training on the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) course recently. The training was offered by the Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) in collaboration with HAD Technologies Sdn Bhd. The 8-day training programme was held at HAD Technologies Sdn Bhd's training centre in Kiulap.

The ICDL course was introduced on May17, 2012 in conjunction with the World Telecommunications and Information Society Day (WTISD) which was themed -Women and Girls in ICT". It covered seven modules on Concepts of Information Technology (IT), Word Processing, Database as well as Information and Communication.

The President of the Women Council of Brunei Darussalam, Pg Datin Paduka Hjh Mariam binti Pg Hj Matarsat, who was also one of the participants of the training programme, expressed her gratitude to AITI and HAD Technologies for having given them the opportunity to follow the subsidised programme. She added that the programme enabled the participants to improve their ICT knowledge and apply their digital literacy skills to enhance the online activities of the council.

With the completion of the ICDL course, the Women Council of Brunei Darussalam will continue to participate in another training course on basic website which will be provided by Tech One Global Pte Ltd.

In an ongoing effort to increase the ICT Literacy rate in Brunei, AITI has introduced the ICT Competency Programme since 2011. The programme offers subsidised training courses to train the local citizens with the relevant ICT skills and knowledge. In addition, this course also empowers the non-ICT individuals and job seekers with basic IT literacy.

For those who are interested to know more about ICT Competency Programme, they can visit the website www.aiti.gov.bn.

--Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin