ICDL for Schools

ICDL is Ireland’s leading digital skills certification. With a wide range of courses to choose from, ICDL offers the real world digital skills your students need to excel and become more productive learners, employees, entrepreneurs and citizens.

Fully equipped for digital learning

ICDL is the ideal solution for the digital classroom. A range of modules from our Workforce, Professional and Insights programmes are suited to students from fourth year onwards.

Fully interactive eLearning is available on almost all modules and remote testing is available. So students can keep learning and achieve certification no matter where they are with ICDL.

The school views IT skills as an essential life skill and ICDL meets the needs of the students perfectly.”
Gerry Breen, IT Coordinator, Portmarnock Community School

Female Teacher Helping Pupil Using Computer In Classroom

Complete flexibility

ICDL offers complete flexibility for teachers to choose from a wide range of modules to meet the needs of their students. Mix and match any number of modules to meet curriculum objectives or complement school projects.

Group modules to fit into a timetable or offer our brand new Insights modules to generate interest in further study or a career in computer science. Our modules are the perfect length for short courses too.

Certification

Each student receives a digital certificate that updates as they successfully complete certification tests for each module. Students can benefit from an internationally recognised certification that is sought by employers as evidence of digital competence.

Over 1 million people in Ireland have already engaged with ICDL. Hundreds of schools, colleges and universities have adopted ICDL to build and certify their students’ digital skills.

Choose from any combination of over 25 modules to fit your students’ needs. The most popular modules for schools are listed below.

ICDL Workforce modules

Computer Essentials