KSA News Archive 2009

2009-04-16

King Saud University adopts ICDL program as a qualification for preparatory-year students

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King Saud University (KSU) has adopted the ICDL standard as a benchmark of digital literacy for first-year students of the university and the educational entities it supervises. The move aims to equip students with basic computer and internet skills, allowing them to take advantage of modern technology to enhance learning and eventually improve their prospects in the labour market. More

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2009-04-05

Saudi Commission for Health Specialties adopts ICDL program

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ICDL Saudi Arabia, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) program in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has commended the Saudi Commission for Health Specialities (SCHS) for adopting the ICDL program as an IT literacy standard within the organisation. More 

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2009-03-24

KSA Ministry of Interior's National Information Center adopts the ICDL digital literacy standard

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ICDL Saudi Arabia, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has announced that it is complementing its efforts in line with the objectives of the Saudi Government's "Tatweer" initiative which was launched to promote digital literacy in the Kingdom's education sector. More 

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2009-02-15

ICDL Saudi Arabia to launch Kingdom's first ICDL-accredited international certification for IT trainers

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ICDL Saudi Arabia, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has announced that it is poised to launch the Certified Training Professional (CTP) program, an international qualification in IT training that serves as one of ICDL Foundation's. More 

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2009-02-01

ICDL Saudi Arabia launches higher-level IT proficiencvy certification through ICDL Advanced Programme

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ICDL Saudi Arabia, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving Licence (ICDL) programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has announced that it has recently launched the "Advanced Programme" to provide a mass-based higher-level skills proficiency training for various essential IT applications. More 

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2009-01-15

ICDL Saudi Arabia implements new IT literacy strategy for 2009 to complement Kingdom's high computer penetration rate

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ICDL Saudi Arabia, the governing body and certification authority of the International Computer Driving License (ICDL) programme in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), has announced that it has rolled out an intensified IT literacy strategy for 2009 to complement KSA's huge investments in information and communications technology (ICT). More 

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2009-01-08

A training center for Dammam’s reform inmates to recieve the internationally adopted ICDL certification

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The General Administration of Prisons Eastern Region(Dammam reform), the Office of Abdul Rahman bin Saleh Al Rajhi and Dammam College of Technology all signed an agreement on Monday 5th of January, 2009, to ensure the training of the 100 inmates of Dammam’s reform of those on the verge of leaving the reform, to be ICDL Start certified candidates.

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