Huge rise in ICT learners a boost for NI skills base

Celebrating a huge increase in the number of people studying ICT through the Department for Employment and Learning’s Essential Skills provision in the past year– from 40 to 1,361 learners – are Employment and Learning Minister, Sir Reg Empey, two of the Department’s ICT learners, Margaret Ditty (second left) and Brendan Murray, and Anne Marie Barr from Belfast Metropolitan College. If you would like to sign up for FREE Entry Level ICT or other Essential Skills classes, visit your local College or visit http://www.knowhowNi.info <http://www.knowhowni.info/> . For further information on free classes in your area, contact The Department for Employment and Learning's Careers Advisers at your local Careers Resource Centre, JobCentre or Jobs and Benefits office. Alternatively, log onto http://www.careersserviceni.com <http://www.careersserviceni.com/> or visit the employment section on http://www.nidirect.gov.uk <http://www.nidirect.gov.uk/> .

