THE Q PROJEC

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SO...WHAT IS THE Q PROJECT, ANYWAY?

1. A learning hub where young, innovative change makers with a passion for development and learning meet to study and implement information technology, entrepreneurial expertise with the opportunity to be mentored by one of Nigeria’s top ICT firms .

2. We use: Opencourseware (OCW) learning

combined with Quanteq ICT and professional training resources;

internship to provide participants with the skills and expertise to;

Develop and be leaders of their community.

Through this platform, The Q Project aims to accomplish what the education system of Nigeria has failed to: produce professional, self driven and highly innovative young minds who desire to develop themselves and their nation on a continuous and transitory level.

SO HOW DOES THE Q PROJECT HELP PARTICIPANTS?• While OCWs leave the learning to the

discretion of the learner, we encourage the learning be left to the discretion of the partners….

• Participants are paired up with a learning partner, decided upon by their interests in OCW and other professional and ICT resources made available by Quanteq. This ensures that both parties keep track of each other and grow together. They are required to send a weekly report of their progress to the {Project Coordinator)

• The project also gives participants the expertise and opportunity to confidently intern with Quanteq or any other organisation of their choice

• Participants are gauged on the individual’s passion and drive to learn and develop not only themselves, but their society and others around them.

Young people have little skills and even less money to afford spending fortunes to gain skills not acquired in school. With The Q Project youths can

acquire the necessary skills needed to succeed and the mentoring advice needed to know where to focus our boundless energy towards.

DID WE MENTION THAT IT’S FREE…?

THE Q PROJECT

WAY

ICT and Entrepreneuria

l Training:Use of OCW and

Quanteq resources for

the development of

skills and competencies

related to information

technology and entrepreneursh

ip to gain relevant

expertise to succeed in the professional

world

Mentorship: Availability of mentorship by

experienced staff and

invited guests to ensure relevant

professional and technical advise to the participants

Fosters Development

and Leadership skills:

The Q Project encourages its participant to

give back to the society by nurturing

young minds and using their

new found skills to

cultivate and sustain a better

world.

One side, a rotting education system in dire need of vision and new leadership; on the other side, global unemployment in a world where the highest population consist of youths.

Where ever you look, young

people are affected by these

main problems. What is worse, is

that most education al

institutions in Nigeria do not

teach life or professional skills

effectively or at all in a way that

could benefit their students.

despite the fact most young people

lack important skills to succeed in

the professional world, most desire

occupations they lack the

necessary skills for…

• Computer skills• Entrepreneurial skills• Innovation• Organisational skills• Lack of initiative • Leadership skills• Effective communication• Communication skills• Critical thinking• Problem solving

Since the unofficial inauguration of The Q Project on the 15th of September, 2012, skills gained and implemented are:

• Web and software development competencies fostered.

• Responsibility for one’s personal and professional development initiated.

• Effective communication skills cultivated.

• Entrepreneurship and project management skills developed

• Project and operations management• Leadership and teamwork fostered.• Greater level of initiative shown by

participants.• Improved networking skills.

The Q Project was Initiated Because……of the belief that the young people

of Nigeria needed a chance to

achieve greatness.

The opportunity to gain skills

needed and nurtured by industry

professional for the achievement of

innovation and development at a

professional atmosphere with only

one’s passion and dedication as

currency in exchange, is invaluable,

not just to the young people

involved, but also for the potential

developmental impact and globally

recognised personal and

professional achievements.