Indian IT firms to fund US computer education programme

The US government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts to increase access to computer education. The Dollar Business Bureau

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Indian IT majors— Infosys and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) — along with other corporate giants like Google and Microsoft have pledged funding the US government’s plan to promote computer science education at school level. President Barack Obama announced his ‘Computer Sciences for All’ plan on Sunday. Under the scheme, the government will provide $4 billion in funding for states, and $100 million for districts in the forthcoming Budget “to increase access to computer education by training teachers, expanding access to high-quality instructional materials, and building effective regional partnerships”. “Infosys Foundation USA will be a founding member of this public-private collaboration with a $1 million philanthropic donation, and, as an initial participant, Tata Consultancy Services is providing additional support in the form of grants to teachers in 27 US cities,” the White House said in a Fact Sheet released on Sunday. TCS is reported to have offered up to $5,000 for training of teachers. The collaboration with private players will ultimately provide opportunities for as many as 2,000 middle- and high-school teachers to deepen their understanding of computer science. The National Science Foundation (NSF), as part of its $120 million investment, will provide $5 million to pilot and expand professional-development approaches in computer science to additional schools across the US, with funding from industry. Cartoon Network, Google and Salesforce.org are announcing more than $60 million in new philanthropic investments, while Microsoft is announcing a fifty-state campaign to expand CS; and Code.org is announcing plans to offer CS training to an additional 25,000 teachers this year, the White House said.

February 1, 2016 | 04:43pm IST

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Indian IT firms to fund US computer education programme

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