South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. (Sean Rayford / Getty Images)
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South Carolina officials are in the early stages of a $6 million partnership with Apple to expand access to technology and digital literacy training for K-12 and adult learners by building computer labs on college campuses around the state.
Gov. Henry McMaster announced last week that a portion of the state’s education-specific pandemic funding from last year’s CARES Act would be used to install and support the construction of eight Apple labs over the next several months, including devices, educational programming and digital literacy training. Seven of the labs will be located on University of South Carolina campuses, including the flagship in Columbia, while the eighth will be hosted by Benedict College, a historically Black college in Columbia.
South Carolina becomes the latest region to invest in cybersecurity capacity as foundational to grow the economy, coordinating opportunities from across state government, multiple state universities, local industry, and critical infrastructure.
USC and McMaster announce a cyber initiative that promises to create jobs in SC Lucas Daprile, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Feb. 4 The University of South Carolina and S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster announced plans to create a new cyber ecosystem that promises to create jobs in the Palmetto State.
The cyber program will begin with a survey of the state s cyber assets, which include hospitals, energy companies, the military and more, said Bill Kirkland, the executive director of USC s Office of Economic Engagement, at a Thursday press conference.
Kirkland expects the survey to be finished by the end of the year, he said.