{"id":12593,"date":"2021-03-30T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T12:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/?p=12593"},"modified":"2021-03-26T10:30:56","modified_gmt":"2021-03-26T14:30:56","slug":"building-job-skills-for-nigerians-with-naddc-and-solidworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2021\/03\/building-job-skills-for-nigerians-with-naddc-and-solidworks.html","title":{"rendered":"Building Job Skills for Nigerians with NADDC and SOLIDWORKS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12592\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1015\" height=\"528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc1-300x156.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1015px) 100vw, 1015px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/naddc.gov.ng\/\">National Automotive Design and Development Council<\/a> (NADDC) Automotive Design and Manufacturing initiative fosters the fabrication of spare parts using local raw materials by Nigerians in order to reduce dependence on imported components.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vnkXMOQAdVg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The results create greater opportunities and empowerment for Nigerian youth.\u00a0 New skills leads to job creation. Earlier this month, NADDC teamed up with DASSAULT SYSTEMES, and SOLIDWORKS VAR Coscharis Technologies to create the Design and Simulation Software Automotive Design Skills Bootcamp for two weeks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-12590\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc20solidworks20design20_20simulation20automotive20bootcamp.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"183\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc20solidworks20design20_20simulation20automotive20bootcamp.png 416w, https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/naddc20solidworks20design20_20simulation20automotive20bootcamp-300x237.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I cannot remember any Nigerian student event that has received so much coverage by the popular and business press \u2013 along with TV coverage.\u00a0 Here are a few examples: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynigerian.com\/naddc-launches-solidworks\/\">Daily Nigerian<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.ng\/business\/transport\/naddc-partners-coscharis-solidworks-software-automotive-design-351187\">Today NG<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Clement Nnedu for your dedication to Nigerian education.<\/p>\n<p>Be well.\u00a0 Marie<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>National Automotive Design and Development Council (NADDC) Automotive Design and Manufacturing initiative fosters the fabrication of spare parts using local raw materials by Nigerians in order to reduce dependence on imported components. 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