4.5 million dollars under the Canada-BC Job Grant will be provided to employers and organizations in BC’s technology sector.
Premier Christy Clark made the announcement today (Mon) at the BC Tech Summit and says the education sector will also be more tech-saavy.
“Over the next three years every kindergarten to grade 12 student will learn the basics of coding and develop those fundamental tech skills.”
“It is my goal to make sure it doesn’t just become an opportunity for every child to take part in but we ultimately make it mandatory for every child from kindergarten to grade 12”
Starting April 1st, $500,000 will be made available for employers and organizations to train workers with an additional one million tucked away the following four years.
BC’S technology sector currently employs 86,000 people.
In 2013, BC’s 900 technology companies generated a combined $23.3 billion dollars.