Amazon brings its global computer science education initiative to India

Amazon on Tuesday announced the launch of its global computer science (CS) education programme – Amazon Future Engineer (AFE) – in India, which will enable access to quality CS education and career opportunities for students from underrepresented and underserved communities.

In the first year of its launch, Amazon aims to enable and deliver CS learning opportunities to more than one lakh students from 900 government and aided schools across seven states in India.

Amazon will partner with multiple education-focused non-profit organisations to take quality CS education to the students of government schools across Karnataka, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, and Telangana.