ICT TRAINING FOR LOW-INCOME FAMILIES

KUALA LUMPUR: Some 14,000 low-income families in Pahang will be given skills training in information and communication technology (ICT) under a pioneer programme called 1AZAM Komuniti IT (1AZAMkit).
“The target groups will be given training to in­crease their interest in picking up ICT skills so that they can improve their standard of living,” said Wo­­men, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil.
Under the RM7.1mil programme, 127 tele­centres will be set up all over Pahang to facilitate the training.
Shahrizat said the 1AZAMkit was part of the ministry’s 1AZAM programme de­­signed to help participants lift themselves out of po-verty through viable options, including em-ployment, entrepreneurship and engaging in agricultural acti- vities.
The minister also launched the 1AZAMkit programme held at SK Tanjung Lumpur in Kuantan, Pahang yesterday.

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