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21/02/2013
Microsoft Invest €6m In Youth IT Skills Initiative
A programme aimed at young unemployed people by improving their IT skills is to receive a €6m investment from Microsoft.
Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the programme, YouthSpark, today, which alongside the Fit2Work initiative, is aiming to train 10,000 young people over the next three years.
Talking about the scheme, aimed at 18-25 year olds, Microsoft Ireland managing director Cathriona Hallahan said: “Globally Microsoft is focusing on the challenge that is unemployment for youth. We’ve had a number of initiatives in the past but we’re trying to drive a much more cohesive aligned progamme around enabling youth.”
Adding: “It’s really targeting skills shortage. There is a divide, we’re finding, between the youth who are privileged and have skills, are educated and are able to find opportunities, and those who aren’t. In Ireland, 24.6 per cent of youth between the age of 20 and 24 are unemployed. We’re trying to focus on what’s the opportunity for us to find a solution for that.”
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Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the programme, YouthSpark, today, which alongside the Fit2Work initiative, is aiming to train 10,000 young people over the next three years.
Talking about the scheme, aimed at 18-25 year olds, Microsoft Ireland managing director Cathriona Hallahan said: “Globally Microsoft is focusing on the challenge that is unemployment for youth. We’ve had a number of initiatives in the past but we’re trying to drive a much more cohesive aligned progamme around enabling youth.”
Adding: “It’s really targeting skills shortage. There is a divide, we’re finding, between the youth who are privileged and have skills, are educated and are able to find opportunities, and those who aren’t. In Ireland, 24.6 per cent of youth between the age of 20 and 24 are unemployed. We’re trying to focus on what’s the opportunity for us to find a solution for that.”
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