The Executive Secretary, Knowledge Exchange Centre (KEC), Oluwatosin Ogunsanya, has expressed the commitment of the organisation to bridge the technology skill gap with the free digital skill training of youths.
Speaking in Lagos at the orientation ceremony for the GAP Digital Skill programme, Ogunsanya said for the digital skill programme, they are admitting 100 young graduates across the country to participate in their graduate advancement programme.
He explained they started the programme in 2015, to help graduates to bridge the skills between what employers want and the skills that they lack, adding that with this training, they are focusing on digital skills, “and we have been in it for the past three years. The skills we are focusing on are social media management.”
He remarked that 25 professionals would mentor the 100 people admitted into the programme, across the digital marketing industry in Nigeria, alongside one or two persons abroad.
According to him, “They will go on a three-month programme in addition to their social media marketing programme, so, they have eight weeks social media marketing programme, six weeks on mentoring and three weeks of job readiness training. In addition to the digital marketing training programme, we will teach them how to get a job and keep a job. We will equip them with problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. So, this is the start of the three-month journey that will end in May.
