Due to the COIVD-19 pandemic effect, many Award participants have had challenges with carrying out their Award activities, especially the Skills section of the Award.
In partnership with Microsoft, The International Award for Young People Nigeria is providing a wide range of digital skills that participants of the Award and also volunteers can learn and impart themselves.
With the COVID-19 pandemic, there is an increase in the demand for more digital skills and this in turn will help them to be self-employed.
We have also used the Economic Graph as a critical planning resource for today’s skills initiative, by identifying the key jobs and horizontal skills that are most widely in demand and creating learning paths for these via LinkedIn Learning. Using this data, we identified 10 jobs that are in demand in today’s economy and are well positioned to continue to grow in the future. These 10 jobs were identified as having the greatest number of job openings, having had steady growth over the past four years, paying a livable wage, and requiring skills that can be learned online.
Below is the list of the courses
- Become a Software Developer
- Become a Sales Representative
- Become a Project Manager
- Become an IT administrator (Prepare for CompTIA Network+ Certification)
- Become a Customer Service Specialist
- Become a Digital Marketing Specialist
- Become IT Support / Help Desk (Prepare for the CompTIA A+ Certification)
- Become a Data Analyst
- Become a Financial Analyst
- Become a Graphic Designer
Participants will have the ability to schedule an exam from September to the end of the year, and exam takers will have until Dec. 31, 2021 to complete the exam. This will provide access to the exams that provide five fundamentals certifications and eight role-based certifications. These will include:
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform Fundamentals
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Power Platform App Maker Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Teams Administrator Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Security Administrator Associate
- Microsoft 365 Certified: Developer Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Data Analyst Associate
Learning paths and certification exams were initially available in English, French, German, Spanish, Japanese, simplified Chinese, and Korean. Learning paths are also now available in Portuguese.