http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1092 en_GB_DOC http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/154389/1/1092 The Government of India and the United Nations Development Programme have joined hands to impart new technology skills to the unemployed youth and generate employment. The SKILLS project’s new portal will be accessible by all stakeholders of the vocational training network. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/127766/1/1092 UNESCO staff from the region had a chance to get a more in-depth briefing and hands-on experience on the development and implementation of managing information systems in the non-formal education sector through a workshop organized by UNESCO’s Section for Literacy and Non-Formal Education, and UNESCO Bangkok’s AIMS and APPEAL Units. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/110988/1/1092 This catalogue contains a range of resources in the form of books, CD-ROMs, online publications, websites and articles from e-journals that aim to provide teachers, senior school managers, curriculum developers and administrators with guidelines and strategies for integrating ICTs effectively into teaching and learning. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/48653 Mandla Njokwane, once a street kid and now a tutor at the Youth Development Trust centre in Johannesburg, was awarded the youth innovation award at the annual African ICT Achievers awards. Njokwane, who grew up in Thokoza on the East Rand, was awarded an offer to pursue IT studies at Thutong Training Institute For Communication and IT as part of his prize. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/link/gotolink/addhit/45789 Earshot is offering a free course for unemployed people aged 16-26 in the UK, in which they will learn how to make and present professional radio programmes and gain general media skills. The aim is to raise their employment prospects by improving their ICT, teamwork, time and project-management, research, marketing and general workplace skills.