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National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign (NTI)

Barbados · Bridgetown · See the Barbados profile · See the Bridgetown profile

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 23% 92/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Barbados' National Training Institute has logged 12,000+ completed digital courses via its free Coursera tie-up. A 2026 assessment found 41% of employees still lack digital skills, prompting a new two-track Digital Workforce Accelerator and public-training campaign.

12,000+
Digital courses completed (as of mid-2026)
41%
Employees lacking essential digital skills (2026)
16
Course tracks offered (2026)
National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign (NTI)

Details

Maturity
Scaling
Promoter
National Training Institute (NTI) and Ministry of Training and Tertiary Education, with Coursera
Period
2020-present, campaign relaunched July 2026
Keywords
workforce upskilling, digital literacy, adult education, public-private partnership, online learning

Context

Barbados' National Training Institute (NTI), established under the BERT economic-recovery plan, partnered with Coursera to give Barbadians free access to online courses, expanding in phases including a 2026 tie-up with BIMAP.

Results

As of mid-2026, more than 12,000 individuals had completed NTI digital courses, with the curriculum grown from six tracks at launch to sixteen. A 2026 National Digital Assessment found 41% of employees still lack essential digital skills and 39% of managers recognise a need for upskilling but lack structured pathways.

Conclusions

In response, Barbados launched a two-track National Digital Skills Empowerment Campaign in July 2026 -- a Digital Workforce Accelerator for businesses and a public track via community centres, schools and private providers. The completion figure and assessment findings are self-reported; no independent audit or employment-outcome tracking has been published.

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