WhatsApp and NSDC launch Digital Skill Champions Program

The National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and WhatsApp announced on Thursday that they are partnering to launch the ‘Digital Skill Champions Program’ that aims to train India’s youth on digital skills, in order to make them employment ready. NSDC and WhatsApp said through this programme, school and university students would be coached to imbibe digital and online skills that would culminate with WhatsApp and NSDC awarding a ‘Digital Skill Champions’ certification to these students. The course will be based on a module-format and will target campuses across tier 3 and 4 towns and cities throughout the country. WhatsApp said as part of the WhatsApp Digital Skills Academy, young adults from tier 3 and 4 cities will be trained on critical aspects of digital safety and online privacy. The initiative will kick off with a pilot across 50 campuses in five states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. The programme will be imparted through WhatsApp’s project implementation partner InfiSpark. WhatsApp will conduct training sessions to familiarise Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Kendra trainers with the WhatsApp Business app. The training will cover modules on leveraging the WhatsApp Business app and to make small business entrepreneurship ‘aspirational’. Shivanth Thukral,…
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