NITDA trains 859 kid on Artificial Intelligence, drone technologies

•Tasks participants on indigenous coding languages
The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has trained 859 kids in Abuja, Lagos and Kano on Artificial Intelligence, robotics and drone technologies, digital Communication, and Internet of Things (IoT).
  
Speaking at the closing of the Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Bootcamp for Kids award at the weekend, in Abuja, Director-General of NITDA, Kashifu Inuwa, tasked the kids to develop indigenous coding languages games with African features.
   
He stated that with a global population of about 7.7 billion only a little percentage could code, whereas there are over 14 billion devices, computers hence positioning them at the centre of human lives.
   
Inuwa said that seven out of the ten fastest growing better paid jobs globally were in the IT sector and any kind of job needed a computer for efficiency.
  

Also speaking, the National Director, National Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotics NCAIR, Yau Garba observed that the bootcamp which was held simultaneously in Abuja, Lagos and Kano had kids between 8-11 years for the first batch and 12 to 16 years for the second batch.
  
MEANWHILE, in Lagos, kids from Alimosho local government were trained for two weeks, one week each for junior and senior category on Artificial Intelligence, coding, digital communication, robotics and drones, embedded system and IOT, virtual reality and 3D printing.
    
This was revealed at the closing ceremony of the STEM Bootcamp for Kids (SB4KIDS) at the weekend, where the kids also presented some projects they worked on during the bootcamp.
   
Manager, South-West zonal office, NITDA, Mrs. Jumoke Alaka, representing Inuwa, noted that the involvement of the kids in technology and innovation will accelerate the development of the IT sector and create future leaders, who would transform the Nigerian technology space and boosts the digital economy.