New Delhi: The partnership includes governments, community colleges, non-profits, and employment agencies that are focused on improving underserved populations’ skills and employability.
Tech giant IBM has partnered with 30 global organizations, including 11 from India that will contribute to the company’s goal of training 500,000 people by the end of the year through its SkillsBuild program.
The partnership includes governments, community colleges, non-profits, and employment agencies that are focused on improving underserved populations’ skills and employability. Some of the partner organizations include The American Indian Foundation Trust, Andhra Pradesh State Skill Development, CSC Academy, CSRBOX, Edunet Foundation, Training Point, Reach Foundation, Tata Community Initiatives Trust, Unnati Foundation, Uvi Jagriti Sansthan, and Jeevitam-VSS Tech Solutions, a statement said.
These organizations will leverage the online learning program – IBM SkillsBuild with their members, mostly underserved populations such as veterans, women, minorities, refugees, and unemployed young adults, it added. The program is designed to empower job seekers within 3-6 months with professional workplace readiness and technical skills, earn badges and credentials recognized by the market, in local languages, and with personal mentoring, it said.
