DigiSkills.pk

DigiSkills.pk
DigiSkills.pk
Legal statusGovernment Owned
PurposeTo Literate Population with Digital Skills
HeadquartersM.A. Jinnah Campus, Defence Road, Off Raiwind Road, Lahore, Pakistan.
Location
  • Pakistan
  • Lahore City
Websitewww.digiskills.pk

DigiSkills.pk is an online training program in Pakistan. This is an initiative of the Government of Pakistan spearheaded by Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication through Ignite - National Technology Fund (formerly National ICT R&D Fund) and executed by Virtual University of Pakistan.[1][2][3]

DigiSkills provides online education in Virtual Assistant, Freelancing, E-Commerce Management, Digital Marketing, Digital Literacy, QuickBooks, AutoCAD, WordPress, Graphic Design, Creative Writing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization).[4]

History

Digital Skills (DigiSkills.pk) Training Program was inaugurated by Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbassi on February 1, 2018. Purpose of this initiative is to offer one million trainings in the future of work using technology.[5] Virtual University of Pakistan has been selected to execute training program under the auspices of Ministry of Information Technology and Telecommunication through Ignite- National Technology Fund (formerly National ICT R&D Fund).[6][7][8] [9][10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "PM Launches Digiskills Programme To Empower 1 Million Youngsters". The Academia. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  2. ^ Siddiqui, Sadya (2019-12-23). "Digital literacy for all". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  3. ^ "Providing freelancing and specialised skills at Ignite". The Nation. 2019-07-22. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  4. ^ "DigiSkills by MoIT&T has trained 1.28m people in freelancing". Profit by Pakistan Today. 2020-08-12. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  5. ^ "PM Abbasi inaugurates DigiSkills programme". The Express Tribune. 2018-02-01. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  6. ^ "Digital freelancing can help eliminate unemployment, says Dr Zafar M Alvi". Daily Times. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  7. ^ "60,331 trained in first batch under 'Digiskills programme'". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  8. ^ "Pakistan ready to launch DigiSkills training project". Daily Times. 2017-11-17. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  9. ^ "Ignite Starts Getting Applications For DigiSkills Training Program". PhoneWorld. 2017-11-19. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
  10. ^ "IT ministry organises event for induction of DigiSkills". The Express Tribune. 2018-07-21. Retrieved 2021-04-26.



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