Meta partners with government to educate, skill students
Meta has announced that it has struck a three-year partnership with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to empower students, educators, and entrepreneurs in India.
Under the partnership, Meta signed three Letters of Intent (LoI). These were with the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), which is engaged in training, consultancy and research to promote entrepreneurship and skill development in India; the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body for technical education and the Department of Higher Education and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).
Dharmendra Pradhan, union minister for education and skill development and entrepreneurship said the initiative is in furtherance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a skill capital of the world.
“‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ partnership is a game-changer, which will take Digital Skilling to the grassroots. This will build capacities of our talent pool, seamlessly connect students, youth, workforce and micro-entrepreneurs, with futuristic technologies and transform our Amrit Peedhi into new-age problem solvers and entrepreneurs,” Pradhan said.
“Guided by the tenets of NEP, META’s partnerships with NIESBUD, CBSE & AICTE will catalyse infinite possibilities for equipping our population with critical digital skills and empowering micro entrepreneurs and small businesses,” he added.
Meanwhile, IT minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar said that the government’s focus is on preparing our youth and workforce in these rapidly transforming times, and equipping them “with the skills to succeed and play important roles in the evolving landscape of technology and the global economy.”
“Digital skills, while representing skilling and entrepreneurship in the innovation ecosystem, more importantly represents a bridge between lakhs of small rural, micro and self-employed entrepreneurs, enabling them to expand, grow and succeed,” he noted.
Education to Entrepreneurship programme
Under the partnership with NIESBUD, one million entrepreneurs will get access to digital marketing skills by Meta over the next three years. Further, entrepreneurs will be trained in digital marketing skills using Meta platforms: Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram in seven regional languages, and 50 impact stories from regional languages will be identified.
Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) will be the implementation partners for the initiative.
“To build further on the partnership in the year of India’s presidency of G20, this collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is yet another testament of our long-term commitment to partnering with the government to advance India’s agenda of digital inclusion, skilling and growth and aligns with our values of building communities and bringing the world together,” said Sandhya Devanathan, vice president, Meta in India.
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