Samoa Knowledge Society Initiative Project, supported with a grant of USD 1 million by India under the aegis of India-UN Development Partnership Fund has been launched in December 2019. The multi-pronged knowledge initiative will promote knowledge based sustainable development in Samoa by ensuring ease of access to information for all Samoans.
The Centre for Excellence in Information Technology funded by MEA, Govt of India and set up by C-DAC at School of Maritime, National University of Samoa in Apia has become functional in November 2019 with the deployment of two personnel from C-DAC. Four master trainers from Samoa have also undergone Advanced IT training at CDAC and obtained Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Computing (PG-DAC) & Post Graduate Diploma in IT Infrastructure, Systems and Security.
