{"id":10767,"date":"2013-10-04T05:20:50","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T05:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/the-minister-of-youth-and-ict-jean-philbert\/"},"modified":"2013-10-11T02:46:45","modified_gmt":"2013-10-11T02:46:45","slug":"the-minister-of-youth-and-ict-jean-philbert","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/the-minister-of-youth-and-ict-jean-philbert\/","title":{"rendered":"ICT Minister Urges Girls to Embrace Use of ICT"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana has urged young people to embrace the use of ICT. He called upon girls to eembrace ICT to maximize opportunities it offers.}}<\/p>\n

Nsengimana made the remarrs during an ICT Literacy and Awareness campaign in Nyamagabe District in Southern Province during the two days campaign on Thursday and Friday where hundreds of girls trained in ICT.<\/p>\n

Girls\u2019 models in ICT explained their sisters of different secondary schools in Nyamagabe the importance of embracing ICT, sharing their expertise and incite them to love technology.<\/p>\n

Minister Nsengimana at that occasion stated that the number of girls in ICT sectors is still low, which pushed the ministry to focus more on empowering girls to embrace technology. He called upon girls to welcome ICT to maximize opportunities it offers.<\/p>\n

\u201cKnowledge is power and wealth.\u201d he reiterated that opportunities of ICT must reach all sectors of Rwandans regardless economy, level of education, location, and that none could lose its opportunities. He added that \u201cOur economy will no longer bas on raw power but will be knowledge based.\u201d<\/p>\n

He called upon all residents to embrace it for their benefit and their own development. He commended private sectors for being good partners with the government to foster Rwandans technological level. \u201cAs we foster ICT, we develop our economy and self-reliance,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n

Minister pointed out that ICT offers many chances that were not there in past. \u201cICT gives opportunities that were not in past and gives new jobs that were not created. We want to make awareness of these opportunities,\u201d Minister Nsengimana stressed.<\/p>\n

Lillian Uwineza, 17, a student at TTC Mbuga stressed that using ICT helps them to learn more; \u201cNow I\u2019m able to surf on the internet and I can gain more knowledge and excel in the class.\u201d<\/p>\n

The purpose of this campaign is to drive the awareness and usage of ICT services, content and applications, to increase the ICT Literacy, educate and train Rwandans and business people on the potential of ICT to drive competitiveness, efficiency, transparency as well as civic participation.<\/p>\n

The government has invested heavily in information and communications technology (ICT). Since the inception of the first national ICT strategy and plan in 2000, Rwanda has significantly transformed the way business and society uses technology.<\/p>\n

The Ministry of Youth and ICT in collaboration with other Ministries as well as its various stakeholders in ICT promotion adopted the five-year ICT literacy awareness campaign. <\/p>\n

This campaign has been officially launched in January in Rulindo District, Northern Province. So far one District per province across Rwanda hosted this campaign.<\/p>\n

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