Question: The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has partnered with which of the following technological firm in launching Skills Build Reignite free digital learning platform?
(a) Microsoft
(b) Infosys
(c) IBM
(d) Google
Answer: (c)
Related facts:
- Directorate General of Training (DGT), under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE), is responsible for implementing long term institutional training to the nation’s youth through its network of training institutes and infrastructure.
- The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in partnership with IBM has introducing the SkillsBuild Reignite and the SkillsBuild Innovation Camp on June 24, 2020.
- This project is launched to address the current skill gap in the country.
- Major highlights of the project:
- The SkillsBuild Reignite tends to provide job seekers and entrepreneurs, with access to free online coursework and mentoring support designed to help them reinvent their careers and businesses.
- Job seekers, individual business owners, entrepreneurs and any individual with learning aspirations can now tap into host of industry relevant content on topics including Artificial intelligence, Cloud, Data analytics and security to reskill and upskill themselves, at no cost.
- Its special feature is the personalized coaching for entrepreneurs, seeking advice to help establish or restart their small businesses as they begin to focus on recovery to emerge out of the COVID 19 pandemic.
- The SkillsBuild Innovation camp is a 10 week program which supports 100 hours of structured learning to learners who are interested in gaining hands-on project experience to enhance learning and are intent on building their network and enhance their employability.
- In November 2019, IBM India, in partnership with Directorate General of Training (DGT), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India, and its implementation partners, made the SkillsBuild online learning platform available to Indian students through Bharatskills (https://bharatskills.gov.in) of DGT.
- It currently has impacted 14,135 learners who have completed 40,000 of courses and 77,000 hours of e-learning. SkillsBuild has been rated as India’s Top 10 online learning platform by National Skills Network.
- As per India Skill Report (2019), only 45.6% of the youth graduating from educational institutions are employable.
Author: Himanshu Shukla
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