PANAJI
The Goa government has announced a partnership with IBM to provide online courses for students, job seekers and entrepreneurs that will enhance their technical and professional skills.
IBM will work with the director of Technical Education, Goa and implementation partner REACHA (Research and Extension Association for Conservation Horticulture and Agroforestry) to foster the skills development of learners, especially village level entrepreneurs and other government stakeholders by providing industry-relevant course content through the IBM SkillsBuild program.
The collaboration aims to upskill up to 10,000 learners across 10 institutions over a period of one year.
“The collaboration with IBM will provide a desirable platform for accessing and availing digital content, personalised coaching and experiential learning, in the field of ICT, for engineering, polytechnic, BCA, MCA, BSc and MSc (computer science) students. With this, they will have opportunities to prepare for in-demand job roles, work in real projects and their employability is expected to be enhanced,” said Chief Minister Pramod Sawant.
Stating that the world has entered into an extreme digitization mode and technology has become the sutradhar “ the unifying force “ to help navigate business challenges and drive innovation, Sandip Patel, managing director, IBM India/South Asia pointed out: “As organizations step up their digital transformation efforts there’s a huge requirement of skilled manpower in emerging technologies like Cloud & AI that can be addressed only by creating the right avenues and platforms for skills training and learning.”
