Open P-TECH courses on eSkill India portal, with more than 60 hours of learning.
IBM will provide online courses in emerging technologies, along with professional skills like 'Design Thinking' to learners between 18-22 age groups for free.
"Our collaboration with NSDC is a significant milestone to equip the next generation with digital skills. Open P-TECH will make foundational learning in emerging technology and professional skills for the youth more accessible," said Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India/South Asia.
eSkill India is a digital skilling initiative from NSDC that aggregates digital learning resources through various Indian and global knowledge partnerships.
Currently, over 16 lakh minutes of digital courses and content is available across various sectors on the platform.
Launched in March this year, the Open P-TECH platform aims to equip learners and educators with foundational technology competencies, along with workplace learning skills.
Currently available in English, the platform will soon be available in various languages starting with Hindi, followed by 10 languages including Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Punjabi, Gujarati, Sindhi, Urdu and Bengali.
( With inputs from IANS )
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