Training the Educators and Upskilling the Youth is Imperative in the 'New Normal'
Over the past year, the pandemic has massively impacted educators and the youth are at the risk of unemployment due to the uncertain economy. The current situation has given us a perspective to step back and think of the evolving dynamics of digital skilling across industry sectors. To bridge the digital divide is a solution that requires organizations to work together to equip everyone for educators tomorrow’s that To remain upskilling relevant or digital the the youth. workforce world, and effective, Lenovo be it believes ICT the & TechnoServe have across adopted all facets in technology partnership of education to with resonate be Lenovo it for online teacher learning, training, e-program or e-assessments. delivery, Here is how Lenovo partners play a pivotal role in bringing innovative and comprehensive education solutions and products to provide employability and work readiness skills, and robust placement support infrastructure. ICT various Academy initiatives has to been positively emerging address with the needs of the academia and the student community since the first COVID-19 lockdown levied across India, presenting an array of empowerment programs for the benefit of the teaching fraternity through the SKY CAMPUS® platform.
Today’s kids are highly exposed to technology, and the teachers who teach them belong to the generations of the past. Hence, teachers should get upskilled to ensure that the teaching-learning process happens seamlessly. Recently, ICT Academy partnered with Lenovo to train 1,000 govt. schoolteachers on digital teaching skills to help them achieve their teaching goals, motivate students to The learn in knowledge assignments. affordable SKY will delivered digital provide idea CAMPUS® from space is by cost isolation, with to the the reach with and best or best platform. without assess the promote rural of of the launch the India, The exams content, their teachers teamwork program of at the or an for our pace. change demands educators ICT their of Academy this teaching to new learn will digital style at help their to world teachers meet own and the make learning the environment. virtual classroom Providing a great innovative problems of solutions academia to the has pressing been the blood and nerve of ICT Academy throughout its journey so far. We will continue to march ahead emerging successful in all our endeavors in serving academia and building the nation.
The TechnoServe Campus to Corporate Careers program works with students from disadvantaged backgrounds. We adapted our curriculum to suit online delivery, used digital mediums to reach out to colleges, students, and corporations alike, and equipped our staff with new-age digital tools. Our alumni, a majority of whom are women, became our program ambassadors and supported youth. we than them Another have 4000 being As key trained a us youth, women. result, learning in the and more during mobilization upskilled for than us the was 70% pandemic, more the of of efficacy model. we female provide In students of our our holistic partnership college-embedded from skill marginalized training with Lenovo, to 100 communities Mumbai. non-technical These studying streams students from will from be colleges trained in in the them 150 IT/ITES students build their and will IT BFSI be careers. trained sectors Additionally, in to technical help job electronics roles like in manufacturing Puducherry where and Lenovo to a select will number provide of on-the-job students training enrolled in the program at Lenovo Puducherry In manufacturing the future, the plant. C2C program aims to function in a blended format, keeping the best of both offline and online modes. Over the next five years, we are planning to reach out to 200,000 youth and move one million people out of poverty. Our C2C program has made that dream possible for students like Pampa. Here is what they said about our program:
Pampa Manna, a 2018 student, notes,
“I am blessed to have TechnoServe at a critical turning point in my life. You inspired me and changed my thinking.
The position I have today as an Accounts Executive at CMA CGM, one of the world’s largest shipping companies, is only because of your effective training!”