New Delhi: The Union Minister for Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra Pradhan, launched a three-year partnership — ‘Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering a Generation of Students, Educators and Entrepreneurs’ — between his ministry and Meta here on September 5.
Three Letters of Intent were exchanged between Meta and the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and the Central Body for Secondary Education (CBSE).
Speaking at the event, Pradhan said the initiative is in furtherance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India the skill capital of the world.
He further said that the ‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ partnership is a game-changer, which will take Digital Skilling to the grassroots. “This will build the 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,” he added.
He stated that India’s democracy, demography, and diversity are to be connected with technology conversion so that technology becomes the equalizer for the entire society. Guided by the tenets of NEP, META’s partnerships with NIESBUD, CBSE and AICTE will catalyse infinite possibilities for equipping our population with critical digital skills and empowering micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses, he added.
In a video message Meta President, Global Affairs, Sir Nick Clegg, thanked Pradhan for his support in bringing the partnership together between the two most important sectors of the workforce, education and skilling.
“India’s talent base and rapid digital adoption make it the perfect place for us to invest in emerging technologies,” he added.
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