Forum unveils roadmap to address skills gap

Experts in Nigeria’s skills development and engagement space are set to unveil the 21st Century Skills Roadmap (21st CSR) aimed at creating quality jobs and stemming unemployment and multi-dimensional poverty.
 
Put together by Career Digest (CD) Limited, a social business enterprise, in collaboration with leading stakeholders in the education sector, the event is billed to unveil the fundamentals of the perennial wide-scale skills gaps between the institutions of learning and the workplace in Nigeria and across Africa.    

Convener and Chief Executive Officer of Career Digest, Joy Chinwokwu, said the two-day event slated to be held at the University of Lagos on December 5 and 6, 2024, is designed to empower skilful and morally upright students, youth and women to help themselves, their families and also contribute to the economy.
 
She added that a mutual training environment for the classroom and workplace and a close-knit work interface among various sector stakeholders would equally be held.
 
She added that the initiative has been applauded as a social business tonic for career and curriculum reforms.
 
According to her: “The mission is to impact the economy of individuals, families, and communities through sustainable stakeholders’ partnerships that will facilitate the development and implementation of world-class digital skills, beginning with Nigeria and dovetailing to other African countries.”