adminheld in London last week.
The foundation is the certifying authority for the world’s leading international computer skills certification programme, ECDL/ International Computer Driver’s Licence.
The society was rewarded for its implementation of an ICDL project at St Dominic’s Secondary School in Harare.
“The project began when no one in the school had an ICDL certification including the teachers and ended with a successful ICDL test centre in the school with 350 candidates while the school had also won an award for best school making a difference in terms of IT education for young people at Zimbabwe’s national forum last year,” ECDL said in a statement.
The corporate/private sector category highlights innovative projects and initiatives that led to noticeable improvements in the levels of digital literacy among private sector workers or students in private schools.
The runner-up in this category was ICDL Iran.
According to ECDL, the enhanced digital skills improve both the productivity levels and employability of candidates.
“The Best Practice Awards are meant to acknowledge and promote projects that are considered exceptional examples of the implementation of ECDL Foundation programmes which raise levels of digital literacy and promote ECDL/ ICDL in local markets,” said the foundation in a statement.
The other categories in which awards were won included the Government/ public sector, social inclusion, and digital marketing categories.
Present at the awards ceremony were ICT professionals and digital literacy policy shapers representing national computer societies and international organisations in 148 countries.
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