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New Digital Readiness initiatives for upskilling Singaporeans

As part of the IMDA Digital Inclusion Festival 2019 which took place from July 26 to July 28, Minister for Communications and Information Mr S Iswaran announced six digital readiness (DR) initiatives that are to be implemented.

These initiatives include digital skills training for special needs students and senior citizens, providing a platform for content creators, and a Digital Participation Pledge (DPP) Awards for organisations which have contributed to the digital readiness movement.

Special needs students gaining digital skills

 In an earlier OpenGov article, we reported how more than 700 students from four special needs schools are to get digital skills training in the following year.

Students from the Association for Persons with Special Needs (APSN) Delta Senior School, APSN Tanglin School, Grace Orchard School, and Metta School will be taught skills such as:

  • How to search for information over the internet
  • Make e-payments
  • Use e-mail
  • Chat online in their daily lessons

The implementation of this programme is a result of the positive feedback received from a pilot programme earlier this year. The students will learn how to use their SingPass accounts and access government services as part of this programme.

Infocomm Media and Development Authority (IMDA) and ASPN Tanglin School will also be collaborating on a Cyber-wellness Adventure Virtual Reality (VR) game. The aims of this game are to teach students of the different practices for improving cyber hygiene and of the importance of it. Students will be taught skills such as setting secure passwords, picking out fake news, dealing with cyberbullying and gaining awareness on the ethical consequences of their digital footprint.

Digitally ready seniors

A six-month-long programme introduced in June this year to provide digital skills training for seniors. TOUCH Cyber Wellness, Facebook and IMDA collaborated on this programme. This pilot programme will be made available to senior in English, Mandarin and local dialects. The outreach for the programme was aimed at 240 seniors.

Support for independent content creators

As part of an initiative for providing a platform for content creators, IMDA will be assisting media agency CreativesAtWork to provide this new initiative, “STOREYS”. Content creators are provided with the theme: “Framing a Better Home” around which they will be creating stories which will generate a positive social impact. Under this theme, creators can work under these categories to create their stories: Community, Elderly, Environment, Family, Underprivileged and Youth.

IMDA will also be providing the content creators with six-month access to PIXEL’s co-working space and production facilities- video and audio studios, film production equipment and editing software.

“The digital economy offers many opportunities and benefits to Singaporeans. All segments of society will need to be equipped with the skills to use digital technologies, and the knowledge to better their lives and safeguard themselves from risks. It is heartening to see the strong support by the people, private and public sectors, working together to bring Singapore’s Digital Readiness Blueprint to life,” said Ms Koh Li-Na, Assistant Chief Executive, Digital Readiness Cluster, IMDA.

PARTNER

Qlik’s vision is a data-literate world, where everyone can use data and analytics to improve decision-making and solve their most challenging problems. A private company, Qlik offers real-time data integration and analytics solutions, powered by Qlik Cloud, to close the gaps between data, insights and action. By transforming data into Active Intelligence, businesses can drive better decisions, improve revenue and profitability, and optimize customer relationships. Qlik serves more than 38,000 active customers in over 100 countries.

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CTC Global Singapore, a premier end-to-end IT solutions provider, is a fully owned subsidiary of ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) and ITOCHU Corporation.

Since 1972, CTC has established itself as one of the country’s top IT solutions providers. With 50 years of experience, headed by an experienced management team and staffed by over 200 qualified IT professionals, we support organizations with integrated IT solutions expertise in Autonomous IT, Cyber Security, Digital Transformation, Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure, Workplace Modernization and Professional Services.

Well-known for our strengths in system integration and consultation, CTC Global proves to be the preferred IT outsourcing destination for organizations all over Singapore today.

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Planview has one mission: to build the future of connected work. Our solutions enable organizations to connect the business from ideas to impact, empowering companies to accelerate the achievement of what matters most. Planview’s full spectrum of Portfolio Management and Work Management solutions creates an organizational focus on the strategic outcomes that matter and empowers teams to deliver their best work, no matter how they work. The comprehensive Planview platform and enterprise success model enables customers to deliver innovative, competitive products, services, and customer experiences. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, with locations around the world, Planview has more than 1,300 employees supporting 4,500 customers and 2.6 million users worldwide. For more information, visit www.planview.com.

SUPPORTING ORGANISATION

SIRIM is a premier industrial research and technology organisation in Malaysia, wholly-owned by the Minister​ of Finance Incorporated. With over forty years of experience and expertise, SIRIM is mandated as the machinery for research and technology development, and the national champion of quality. SIRIM has always played a major role in the development of the country’s private sector. By tapping into our expertise and knowledge base, we focus on developing new technologies and improvements in the manufacturing, technology and services sectors. We nurture Small Medium Enterprises (SME) growth with solutions for technology penetration and upgrading, making it an ideal technology partner for SMEs.

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HashiCorp provides infrastructure automation software for multi-cloud environments, enabling enterprises to unlock a common cloud operating model to provision, secure, connect, and run any application on any infrastructure. HashiCorp tools allow organizations to deliver applications faster by helping enterprises transition from manual processes and ITIL practices to self-service automation and DevOps practices. 

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IBM is a leading global hybrid cloud and AI, and business services provider. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Nearly 3,000 government and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM’s hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM’s breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and business services deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM’s legendary commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.

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