India is the second-largest internet market in the world. Within the past few years, the number of citizens getting access to the internet has sky-rocketed. This opens up a huge opportunity for new business, creating new jobs, and developing new skills in the world of technology. We are witnessing how students from a young age are motivated to take up computer classes and most importantly learn to code. This gives the students immense opportunity to get used to any coding environment which is necessary for the 21st century. And, to help out the students learn and launch their careers the tech giants are very interested to invest in the Indian market. India is a pool of young talents where every year millions of computer science students are offered lucrative jobs in and outside the country.
Seizing this opportunity, Amazon has decided to extend its computer science program Future Engineer in India. Amazon, via a job recruitment post, has said that the primary aim for launching Amazon Future Engineer in India is to provide computer science education to the underprivileged and underrepresented youth of India. The news was first conveyed by TechCrunch that Amazon is planning to launch the computer science program sometime next year.
Amazon plan for the Indian students
In the job posting, Amazon mentioned that this childhood-to-career program of Amazon Future Engineer will launch in India in 2021. The post-announcement also mentioned that the candidate they are looking for has to work with local non-profit organizations and government officials to educate the children and young students. Currently, the childhood-to-career program is operational only in the United States connecting more than 5,000 schools and teaching computer science to 550,000 students. Amazon also mentioned that computer science education in India is “currently underway” and the company wants to invest in the development of such coursework and extend the learning hand.
The hype for coding is increasing among young students especially in this pandemic where everyone is finding opportunities to learn new skills. We have also seen that social media is crawling with the advertisements of White Hat Jr. helping students to learn and do coding. The increasing demand for coders proves that soon every individual needs to learn a bit of coding to secure a good job. So, isn’t it better to start learning from a young age?
Amazon has already invested $6.5billion in India and is currently exploring opportunities in the education field. Every young student has the right to proper education. So, this time Amazon is inclined towards reaching out to those who don’t get the opportunity to get a lavish education. The main target of this program launching in India is to equip the students of neglected communities with proper computer science education.
Last year, Amazon launched an app called JEE Ready to help JEE aspirants get ready to compete in one of the most participated entrance exams for engineering. Currently, the app has been rebranded as Amazon Academy which is like any other preparation app for engineering entrance exams.
Amazon Future Engineer Program
There was a time when getting a chance to study computer science was a dream come true. But, the advent of technology in every field has made us realize it has become a necessity rather than an extravaganza. So, Amazon decided to release a childhood-to-career program to educate and train students from economically backward communities.
Amazon Future Engineer Program provided lots of course materials to the students, abundant resources, partnerships with schools to educate the unprivileged youth. The program has released many scholarship and internship opportunities for students from elementary to high schools.
Other tech giants investing in education
You can find endless opportunities to learn if you genuinely want to develop new skills. It is not only Amazon that is striving to make a change in the lives of young students. Facebook, earlier this year partnered with CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) to launch a certified course on digital safety and online well-being and augmented reality for both students and teachers. Google and Microsoft have also partnered with many Indian governmental bodies and invested in ed-tech start-ups to train the educators. Training and educating the educators itself is helpful as educating one teacher means educating an entire class.
Annasha Dey is an NIT student, who apart from studying engineering is also a content writer. She has a great interest in photography, writing, reading novels, and travelling as well. She is a foodie who loves socializing and hanging out with her friends. She is also a trained Kathak dancer and a big fashion enthusiast. Dey also loves watching TV series, which includes F.R.I.E.N.D.S. and Big Bang Theory. To be a better writer she prefers to read more