Amazon is extending its computer science program, Future Engineer, to India, making the world’s second-largest internet market the fifth country where it offers Future Engineer, the company said Tuesday.
Through Future Engineer, the company partners with players such as Code.org to bring CS education opportunities to underserved and underrepresented children and young adults.
The company at a virtual conference today that it will offer several educational resources, scholarships, internships, and mentors to teach computer science — and the areas it encompasses including robotics, artificial intelligence and machine learning — to students.
Amazon expects to deliver these opportunities, which is also available in Hindi and other regional languages in the country, to over 100,000 students in India in more than 900 government schools across seven states within a year.
TechCrunch reported in December that the company was planning to launch the program in the world’s second-largest internet market.
The American e-commerce giant, which has invested more than $6.5 billion in India so far, has been exploring the education space in the country for a few years. Two years ago, it launched JEE Ready, an app aimed at helping students who are preparing for entry into India’s prestigious technology institutes. JEE Ready, which has since been rebranded as Amazon Academy, offers free online classes and analyzes students’ performance in mock tests.
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via Tingle Tech