Microsoft and LinkedIn have jointly announced the launch of their Skills for Jobs program, which aims to provide free access to 350 courses and six new Career Essentials Certificates for in-demand jobs in the digital economy. Additionally, the companies will offer 50,000 LinkedIn Learning scholarships to help individuals enhance their skills. According to Microsoft, the.

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, has pledged $1 million to support the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) in its XR Open Source (XROS) fellowship program. The program, organized by FICCI, aims to assist 100 Indian developers involved in XR (extended reality) technologies by offering them fellowships that include financial support and mentorship..

Kurukshetra University (KU) Vice Chancellor, Professor Som Nath Sachdeva, officially launched several new academic programs on Friday. The university’s Directorate of Distance Education (DDE), KU, will offer two undergraduate (UG), two postgraduate, and 11 certificate and diploma programs, all of which will be available online. The degree programs offered include Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of.

Girls Who Code has collaborated with Doja Cat to turn the artist’s latest music video, ‘Woman,’ into an interactive venture. This nonprofit organization strives to cultivate women’s interest in the realm of computer science. In this groundbreaking move, Girls Who Code has unveiled its “first-ever” codable music video in partnership with the renowned rapper and.

For coders and programmers, the choice of programming language is crucial to their work. While Python has long been a popular language, a report by The Next Web suggests that Rust has emerged as the highest paying programming language in 2021. The report refers to a study conducted by O’Reilly, a tech training company. The.

The debate surrounding the appropriateness of introducing coding to children as young as four has persisted over the past decade, raising concerns about potential pressure on young minds, the forfeiture of childhood experiences, and the perceived necessity for coding skills in the future. Various discussions, studies, and interviews with parents and children have attempted to.

Every evening, 14-year-old Tasnia Tasneem eagerly awaits her father’s return home, seizing the opportunity to borrow his Samsung smartphone. This device serves as her gateway to a realm of mobile phone games, not for playing, but for honing her skills in creating new ones and exploring the intricacies beyond mere gameplay. Residing in Makthala, a.

The current buzz in the Edtech space revolves around coding education for young children. India, renowned for producing a million programmers annually, owes much of this reputation to the surge in engineering colleges during the IT boom at the turn of the millennium. The question arises: why introduce coding to kids at an early age?.