SME Times News Bureau | 24 Dec, 2020
The Directorate General of Training (DGT) joined
hands with Microsoft and NASSCOM Foundation to provide a digital content for
ITI students and also future-ready employability skilling program for
upskilling and reskilling.
Nearly 1,20,000 students in around 3000 ITIs across
India can be benefited by this digitized e-learning module via the Bharatskills
portal.
Commenting on the initiative, Dr.MahendraNath
Pandey, Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship said,
“Through the DGT-Microsoft partnership, we are aiming to impact thousands of
students by enabling digitization in education and hope it to reach more
students and teachers soon. As the pandemic is compelling fast-track
digital transition, these new learning initiatives will empower young learners
with technical and market-oriented skills.”
DGT has launched an online learning platform called
the Bharatskills (https://bharatskills.gov.in) in Oct 2019, a
Central Repository for skills providing easy access for the trainees and
trainers of the ITI ecosystem, to access updated curriculums and course content
of all courses under the Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS), Question Banks,
mock/practice papers, learning videos, etc., hence enabling anytime, anywhere
learning outside the classrooms.
This platform alsopresents
a unique access to a centralized, scalable and a thriving support ecosystem
through its industrial partners for the students and teachers who can now learn
the newer IR 4.0 skills to meet the demands of the industry.
It is worth mentioning herethat during the current
COVID-19 pandemic scenario, the usage of Bharatskills learning platform has
increased multifold from around 90,000 users in March 2020 to more than
16.55 Lakh users having accessed the portal as on date.
Speaking on the occasion, AnantMaheshwari,
President, Microsoft India, said, “Empowering the next generation of
learners with industry relevant digital skills is critical as we move towards
building economic resilience. The last few months have accelerated the need for
upskilling and has shown clearly that the future of learning will be supported
by technology. Our partnership with DGT and NASSCOM Foundation is built on this
foundation of equipping the learners of today with the skills required to
thrive in the jobs of tomorrow.”