March 25, 2022
12,000 Girl Students in Nagaland to Benefit from IBM India and Nagaland School Education Collab
I IBM India has announced its partnership with the Nagaland School Education department whereby more than 12,000 girls studying in more than 250 secondary and higher secondary schools across 15 districts in Nagaland will have access to digital powered training.
IBM Stem (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) for Girls Programme is currently running in 12 states in India: Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Odisha, Assam, Bihar, Uttarakhand, and Nagaland.
…with the expansion of our STEM for Girls Programme in Nagaland, we have increased our footprint to 12 states across India…
"The curriculum will align and supplement the state's efforts towards quality education. This programme will help enable more than 12,000 girls studying between 8th to 10th grade with access to digital fluency, coding skills training, 21st-century skills, including life and career skills," officials said.
QUEST Alliance and YouthNetas will act as implementation partners in this three-year programme commitment between IBM and Nagaland government. The programme will also aim to empower nearly 1,400 teachers in the participating schools.
"With the expansion of our STEM for Girls Programme in Nagaland, we have increased our footprint to 12 states across India. This is a part of IBM's ground-breaking commitment to provide 30 million people of all ages worldwide with new skills needed for the jobs of tomorrow by 2030," IBM India, Managing Director, Sandip Patel said.
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