"Ambitious process" announced to provide ICT skills through education [schooldays.ie]
- Published: 21 June 2011
Richard Bruton, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, has said he and Minister for Education Ruairi Quinn are to embark on an "ambitious process" to prepare to meet the needs of the growing ICT sector.
Following a visit to Silicon Valley in the US, Mr Bruton claimed Ireland is in a good position to capitalise on the global technology boom.
Mr Quinn has already pledged to provide one-year training courses in ICT skills as part of the government's Springboard initiative and he will now join up with Mr Bruton to see how the country can continue to produce skilled labour for the sector.
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