- The collaboration aims to bridge the digital skills gap for employability and equip students with the relevant knowledge, expertise and experience
The Consortium for Technical Education (CTE) and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Ministry of Education, Government of India, partners to enhance educational opportunities for students in India.
The two organisations signed a MoU with the common goal of providing a wide array of training programs, industry-recognised certifications, workshops, internships, next generation of Data Centres for hosting Digital Infrastructure Platforms to students and staff across technical educational institutions in the country.
The collaboration aims to bridge the digital skills gap for employability and equip students with the relevant knowledge, expertise and experience to thrive in the new era of innovations and inventions.
These programs include extensive libraries of interactive video-based curriculums developed by industry experts and leading academic professors on Cyber Security, Computer Science and Software Engineering courses along with hand-on virtual labs, workbooks and webinars. In addition to its proprietary Digital Infrastructure Platforms, CTE offers instructor-led training courses, workshops, seminars, virtual internship, reskilling and upskilling programs for faculty staff members.
The CTE’s Digital Infrastructure Platform will be made available to approximately nine thousand higher technical educational institutions with over three million students throughout India.
A Steering Committee headed by Member Secretary of AICTE comprise of senior management officials from both CTE and AICTE is to be formed to support the effective implementation and periodic review of the program. AICTE will provide comprehensive technical support, including customisation, management, maintenance, upgrades and other necessary modifications to ensure the smooth functioning of their platform.
