Worldwide Popularity
The ECDL/ICDL enjoys immense popularity around the world. Currently, over 2 million people have studied for the qualification in 60 countries around the world
The European Commission
The European Commission issued a
recommendation that the ECDL is accepted
as the
de-facto Europe-wide standard
for computer literacy
The National Health Service UK
The NHS recently adopted the ECDL as the Common IT skills Standard for all NHS staff and has targeted 1.2 million staff for ECDL training by April 2005.
Components of the ECDL/ICDL
The ECDL/ICDL Certification is broken down into 7 lessons or "modules", each of which must be passed before the ECDL certificate is awarded. The ECDL/ICDL Modules are as follows:
- Basic Concepts of Information Technology
- Using the Computer and Managing files
- Word Processing
- Spreadsheets
- Databases
- Presentations
- Information and Communication