Education to Entrepreneurship: Meta partners with government to educate, skill students

Meta has announced that it has struck a three-year partnership with the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship to empower students, educators, and entrepreneurs in India.

Under the partnership, Meta signed three Letters of Intent (LoI). These were with the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), which is engaged in training, consultancy and research to promote entrepreneurship and skill development in India; the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), a statutory body for technical education and the Department of Higher Education and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Dharmendra Pradhan, union minister for education and skill development and entrepreneurship said the initiative is in furtherance to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making India a skill capital of the world.