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Nigerian university to offer free digital training to secondary school students

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The public Akwa Ibom State University of Education in Nigeria plans to offer final-year secondary school students free preparation for computer-based examinations and digital skills training. The programme is due to launch in the coming days, its vice-chancellor Philip Agaga announced, according to Business Day Nigeria.

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