Amazon brings global computer science education initiative to India

E-commerce giant Amazon has brought its global computer science education initiative, Future Engineer, to India with an aim to offer computer science education to one lakh students from 900 government and aided schools across seven states in India.

The global program aims to enable access to quality computer science education and career opportunities for students from under-represented and under-served communities through in-person, online and blended learning formats.

Amazon is working with its global knowledge partner Code.org, a global non-profit organisation dedicated to computer science education, to offer mobile interactive computer science content to Indian students.

The company said the curriculum is contextualised for the Indian teacher and student community in government school settings. The program will offer students coding fundamentals along with future-focused tech courses like artificial intelligence, machine learning and natural language processing in Indian languages.

The retail giant will partner with multiple education-focused non-profit organisations to take the program to student in states like Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana.