Minister of State for Research & Innovation, Sean Sherlock, officially launched the it@cork, European tech cluster adopt-a-school programme in Cork this week. The programme is aimed at growing partnerships between IT companies and schools leading to an increase in IT skills of the future workforce.
The event was attended by a wide range of representatives from leading IT-intensive organisations and schools. The programme has been supported by a number of companies including EMC, IBM, VMware, Trend Micro, Quest and McAfee.
Denis Collins, Chairman of it@cork, European tech cluster said "the economies that continue to produce the talent to create new technology-based solutions will be those that succeed in an increasingly competitive world. It is important that we in Cork and Ireland recognise this fact and ‘act as one’ to ensure that our region is recognised as a European technology cluster as well as its world class IT companies and innovative approach to education in IT."
The organisations that have signed up to adopt a school have committed to supporting local schools in 2012 and beyond in areas such as providing software development classes, troubleshooting classes, donating useful IT equipment, providing IT support, providing guest speakers and offering work experience for transition year students interested in IT.
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