Source: The Indian Express
Google has partnered with the Central Board of Secondary Education to skill teachers in India. The duo is aiming to train 1 million teachers across 22,000 schools across the country. For schools and people without access to digital infrastructure, Google informed that it would also aim to strengthen these students with distance-mode of learning via television and other means.
The training will emphasize on delivering blended learning that comprehends the classroom approach with online learning, using free tools by Google such as G Suite for Education, Google Classroom, YouTube among others. To support low-income communities, Sapna Chadha, Senior Country Marketing Director, Southeast Asia and India, Google, announced a new Google.org grant of USD 1 million to Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) as part of the Global Distance Learning Fund.
Through these funds, the Kaivalya Education Foundation (KEF) will work with the Central Square Foundation and TeacherApp to train 700,000 teachers to deliver virtual education for students so that they can continue learning at home over mass media such as TV and radio, wherever smartphones or internet access are not available.
During his address, the Union HRD Minister has asked also Google to further extend its services in all the 22 Indian languages to make the services more effective for Indian students. He also said that Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet – the parent company of Google has made the ministry and the entire nation proud. Pichai is an Indian and has graduated from IIT-Kharagpur.
