Chhattisgarh’s Department of School Education and Wadhwani Operating Foundation recently announced a strategic partnership which aims at enhancing employability through skill-based training program.
On behalf of the Government of Chhattisgarh, Vikassheel, Secretary Education, Government of Chhattisgarh, exchanged the MoU with Wadhwani Operating Foundation, a Foundation press release informed.
The MoU was signed during the two-day Eastern Regional Conference held at Raipur organized by Union Ministry of Human Resource Development.
As per the MoU, Wadhwani Operating Foundation will provide E-Content for high-quality employability and work skills and certain macro job roles training programs delivered through a blended online learning platform. The Foundation will also assist in training the faculty in the state and help in creating Master Trainers as state assets.
To enable this, Department of Education (DSE) will set up and run the Program Management Unit which will govern this program. DSE will also provide adequate IT infrastructure to execute the WOF E-Content live to at least 25% of the schools from initiation of the program. During the next 24 months, the state of Chhattisgarh will provide direct, uninterrupted online access at the student level through a desktop or mobile devices to all schools. A total of 391 schools and over 15000 students will benefit from this association.
The Chhattisgarh Government and Wadhwani Operating Foundation had earlier announced a strategic partnership aimed at making Chhattisgarh a 'Smart State' through job creation and talent development.
Ajay Kela, president and CEO, Wadhwani Operating Foundation exchanged the memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Alex Paul Menon, CEO, CHIPS, an official press release informed.
Focus areas of this collaboration include making Entrepreneurship Education in Chhattisgarh colleges, developing city-based Startup and SME ecosystems and entry level skill development for school and college dropouts to enable them for sustainable employment.
The Foundation will provide the technology platform, e-content, and advisory services to assist the State for achieving these these goals, it stated.