The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has stated the need for state governments, especially in the northern part of the country, to take ownership of the ICT quiz, being organised by the organisation for secondary students, to achieve the desired objectives and impart the essence of ICT in their lives.
The senior program officer of CITAD, Malam Isah Garba, made the call during an annual ICT quiz organized by the centre for the last 20 years for students of secondary schools in Kano state.
According to him, the objective is to bridge the digital gap in the country to enable students to pursue careers in ICT.
Malam Isah further stated that the program also aims to draw the attention of government and school proprietors to provide ICT infrastructure in schools.
He then stressed the need for state governments, especially in the North, to take ownership of the ICT quiz to achieve the desired objectives.
The Chairman of the occasion, who doubles as the managing director of InterSystems Institute of Information technology-IIT, Sagir Muhammad, maintained that IIT partnered with CITAD to organize the ICT Quiz.
He said that the ICT quiz was popularised to make people aware of the benefits of information communication technology.
According to him, the central idea is to catch them young, saying that they had organized the quiz for secondary schools to make them aware of the essence of ICT in their lives.
However, Sani Bello from Science College Dawakin Kudu, emerged as the overall winner of the 2024 CITAD ICT Quiz, winning a brand new laptop.
The New Girls Science College, Kano, clinched the second position while Government Science Technical College Warawa, came third.
However, the first, second and third positions received a brand new laptop, a three-in-one desktop and a wireless address system.
Schools that participated include Government Technical College Warawa, Girls Science Technical College Dala, Army Day Secondary School, Governors College Kano and GTC Dambatta.
Others are Day Science College, Kano, New Girls Science and Technical, GTC Ungogo,S and Bello Science College, Professor Hafsat A.U Ganduje, Mairo Tijjani Girls Science College, Dawakin Tofa Science College, Govt Technical College Kano, GGSS Dorayi Babba and Karama, First Ladies College Kano and GGSS Fatima Muhammad.
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