‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ to take digital skilling to grassroots: Dharmendra Pradhan

NEW DELHI: Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan launched a 3-year partnership ‘Education to Entrepreneurship: Empowering a generation of students, educators and entrepreneurs’ between the ministry of education and ministry of skill development and entrepreneurship and meta today.

Three Letters of Intent (LoI) were exchanged between Meta and National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Under the partnership with NIESBUD, 5 lakh entrepreneurs will get access to digital marketing skills by Meta over the next 3 years. The ministry announced that the budding and existing entrepreneurs will be trained in digital marketing skills using Meta platforms in seven regional languages to begin with.

At the event, three short films were also showcased highlighting the details about the partnerships.

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Speaking at the event, Dharmendra Pradhan said that “The ‘Education to Entrepreneurship’ partnership is a game-changer, which will take Digital Skilling to the grassroots. This will build 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 said that the initiative, in line with the National Educational Policy (NEP 2020), 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”.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar highlighted the Centre’s focus on preparing youth and workforce to be equipped with the skills to succeed and play important roles in the evolving landscape of technology and the global economy.

In a video message Meta President, Global Affairs, Sir Nick Clegg, lauded Dharmendra 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.