PANJIM: State government has taken Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Association for Computing Machinery, India and Google CS Education on board, in a bid to provide skills to school and college students with focus on to the implementation of New Education Policy (NEP).
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for Cooperation between Directorate of Higher Education (DHE) and Tata Consultancy Services, Association for Computing Machinery, India and Google CS Education was signed on Thursday in presence of the Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant.
In the first phase, DHE will launch a program called “Kaushalya Saptak”- a skill development cum vacation camp for school children from November 8-13. It has been decided to offer 3 activity-based courses in a workshop mode which consists of Computational Thinking skill, Coding skill, and Communication skill.
The workshop will be held in two batches: student in the age group of eight to 10 years and 11-14 years and is expected to benefit around 1,100 students in the first phase. The workshop will be held across six centers.
“These types of initiatives are aimed at bringing overall development of student’s right from their young age,” Sawant said.
In the second phase, the focus would be to improve employability and communication skill under TCS Youth Employment Programme (YEP) for college students.
“This program is designed for preparing youths especially from the weaker sections of society for employment by filling the required skill gaps. These types of initiatives will indeed enhance their skills for academic growth as well as employment opportunity,” the chief minister said.
