PHILIPSBURG:--- Participants and stakeholders have hailed the IGT Coding and Robotics Rock! Camp as an appropriate model approach towards bridging the digital divide in education and filling the technological skills gap in the job market within the Caribbean.
The camp, which was hosted in August through a partnership between International Game Technology (IGT) and Mona GeoInformatics Institute (MGI), saw 36 Caribbean youth being trained in coding and robotics over two weeks. Commenting on the findings of the camp, Mr. Brendan Hames, Regional Director of IGT Caribbean, stated that calls for more of the virtual tech camp have grown louder from ...
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