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Facebook unveils digital skilling, mentorship programme in 5 Indian states

Facebook  announced a digital skilling, mentorship programme aimed at inspiring and guiding tribal girls in five states.

“Spanning across West Bengal, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha, Madhya Pradesh, the initiative seeks to nurture and train young girls from India’s tribal heartland across three core areas – digital literacy, life skills, leadership and entrepreneurship,” Facebook said in a statement.

“Spanning a period of one year, the programme will see on-ground trainers impart digital literacy to the identified girls through a dedicated digital skilling curriculum while the 25 women leaders mentor them via Facebook or WhatsApp on a fortnightly basis,” the statement added.

To be a part of the programme, applicants will be required to be over 18 years of age and of tribal origin.

“The programme will specifically focus on girls who’ve dropped out of school due to financial constraints, reside near the skilling centre to ensure regular participation,” the statement added.

For more information please visit:

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/internet/facebook-unveils-digital-skilling-mentorship-programme-in-5-indian-states/articleshow/67873101.cms

Making the world’s invisible people, visible By Bill Gates | January 29, 2019

Bill Gates in his article writes,

” For the last decade, Nandan Nilekani has been working to make these “invisible people,” as he calls them, visible by giving them access to official identification. One of India’s leading technology entrepreneurs, Nandan joined the government of India to lead the launch of India’s national biometric ID system, which uses fingerprints and other biological traits to verify the identities of the country’s more than 1.3 billion residents. This ID system, known as Aadhaar (Hindi for “foundation”), is the world’s largest biometric identification system and has become a valuable platform for delivering social welfare programs and other government services.

To read it full visit this link :

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Development/Heroes-in-the-Field-Nandan-Nilekani?WT.mc_id=01_29_2019_20_HITFNandanNilekani_BG-LI_&WT.tsrc=BGLI&linkId=62969100