Certiport to Join with Al-Mustansiriya University to Deliver Certiport IC³ Certification to More Than 19,000 Students

(Business Wire) - Certiport today announced it will sign an agreement with Al-Mustansiriya University in Iraq, one of the oldest universities in the world, to assist its 19,000 students learn and validate digital literacy by achieving the global standard of Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®). The agreement will be signed by Mr. Hussein al-Tahan, governor of Baghdad province; Dr. Taki A. M. Al-Musawi, the Al-Mustansiriya University professor spearheading the project; and David Saedi, president and CEO of Certiport.
“Al-Mustansiriya University continues to demonstrate the leadership necessary in Iraqi higher education to prepare Baghdad and the nation as a whole to be globally competitive in the new economy,” Saedi said.
The signing will take place at the BETT Show on Saturday, Jan. 17 at 10.30 hrs at Certiport Stand No: M20 in National Hall, Olympia, London. Beginning in 2009, Certiport will provide training and Certiport IC³ certification to 10 of the university’s lecturers. These lecturers, in turn, will implement new curriculum tools mapped to the certification to instruct the entire university student body on the global digital literacy standard. Students will learn about operating systems, networks, applications and the Internet as they work toward earning the world-class IC³ certification.
Certiport IC³ follows the recommendations of the Global Digital Literacy Council (GDLC), the preeminent advisory body that reviews and updates digital literacy standards based on input from hundreds of subject matter experts, educational authorities and government agencies worldwide. Certiport IC³ is recommended for college credit by the American Council on Education (ACE), promoted as a standard for digital literacy in the workplace by Oxford Cambridge Royal Society of Arts (OCR) in the United Kingdom, endorsed by CompTIA as the foundational credential for all other technical certifications, adopted as a means to develop essential career skills by the United Kingdom’s leading vocational awarding body City & Guilds and outlined as one of the “Basic Vocational Abilities” by the Youth Employability Support (YES) Program created by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
As the certification provider for technology leaders Microsoft® and Adobe®, Certiport is uniquely positioned to offer the world’s premier learning and validation solutions.
Al-Mustansiriya University was established in 1233 and was later incorporated into Baghdad University in 1962. It is comprised of ten colleges, two institutes and four academic centers. With this latest decision to offer digital skills and credentials to students, the university continues to set the pace for education in technology-based fields.
Certiport prepares individuals with current and relevant digital skills and credentials for the competitive global workforce. These solutions are delivered by more than 12,000 Certiport Centers worldwide and include Certiport Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC³®), the official Microsoft® Office certification programs and the Adobe® Certified Associate certification program. For more information, visit www.certiport.com.
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