{"id":55584,"date":"2025-09-11T15:18:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T15:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/over-10-000-students-equipped-with-digital-skills-through-smart-ibiruhuko\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T12:57:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T12:57:41","slug":"over-10-000-students-equipped-with-digital-skills-through-smart-ibiruhuko","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/over-10-000-students-equipped-with-digital-skills-through-smart-ibiruhuko\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 10,000 students equipped with digital skills through \u2018Smart Ibiruhuko\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Launched in July 2025, Smart Ibiruhuko is a joint initiative of MINICT and several partners, designed to provide young people with digital skills during the school holidays through online learning platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Students accessed lessons using computers available in schools and youth centers, while others followed classes from home using their own devices. The program targeted secondary school students, those enrolled in technical and vocational training (TVET), and out-of-school youth eager to acquire technology skills.<\/p>\n<p>At the launch of the program, MINICT emphasized that it aligns with Rwanda\u2019s national ICT vision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis initiative is part of the broader government project One Million Rwandan Coders [1MRC], whose goal is to train one million people, mainly youth, in digital skills such as coding within five years,\u201d the ministry said.<\/p>\n<p>Smart Ibiruhuko also supports Rwanda\u2019s National Strategy for Transformation (NST2) by enabling young people to use their holidays productively, gaining essential knowledge for the country\u2019s development in the 21st century.<\/p>\n<p>According to MINICT, a total of 10,245 students participated nationwide. Of these, 2,644 completed multiple courses, justifying why the number of certificates awarded exceeded the number of participants.<\/p>\n<p>Fourteen top-performing students were recognized with prizes, including laptops and tablets.<\/p>\n<p>The courses covered a wide range of skills, including Digital Literacy, Data Analytics, Software Development, Applied Artificial Intelligence, Python Essentials, JavaScript Essentials, Internet of Things (IoT), UI\/UX Design, among others.<\/p>\n<p>Students expressed their satisfaction with the program, noting that the knowledge gained would help them pursue further ICT-related studies and apply digital skills in their everyday lives.<\/p>\n<p>MINICT stressed that Smart Ibiruhuko represents an important milestone in Rwanda\u2019s journey to becoming a continental hub for technology and innovation.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94273\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg\" alt=\"Over 1000 students received digital skills through the program.   \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94272\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/01-whatsapp_image_2025-09-10_at_14.57_40_1_-a74ed-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94276\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abana_bitwaye_neza_bahawe_ibihembo_bitandukanye-3eeea.jpg\" alt=\"Outstanding students received various prizes.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94278\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abanyeshuri_bitwaye_neza_kurusha_abandi_bahembwe_mudasobwa-997c6.jpg\" alt=\"Outstanding students received laptops. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94279\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/abitabiriye_smart_ibiruhuko_bishimiye_ubumenyi_bahawe-48156.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94271\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1e5a0918-363ce.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94545\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1e5a0968_1_-e10e0.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94546\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1e5a3213_1_-9378c.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94428\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/1-312.jpg\" alt=\"The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of ICT and Innovation, Yves Iradukunda, along with Dominic Muntanga, UNICEF Rwanda\u2019s Deputy Representative for Programmes, joined youth at the Smart Holidays training at GS Rwamagana Protestant. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-94430\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/3-230.jpg\" alt=\"MINICT, in collaboration with Hong Kong Polytechnic University, is promoting artificial intelligence (AI) literacy and Scratch programming.\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) has revealed that over 10,000 students participated in the \u2018Smart Ibiruhuko\u2019 national digital skills training program during the 2025 school holidays. Through the program, students received ICT training and were awarded a total of 12,889 certificates across various technology-related fields.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000094270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000094270,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/1e5a0945-9d15c.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55584"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55584\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000094270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55584"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55584"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}