The National Skills Development Corporation (NSDC) has tied up with California State University Long Beach (CSULB) to offer over 200 free courses for skill seekers in India. As part of the partnership, the CSULB Skills Commons platform and MERLOT will also be integrated into eSkillindia.org to promote e-learning among the country’s youth.
CSULB and eSkillIndia will initially add courses in areas such as health, management, information technology, finance, employability and more. Particular emphasis will be placed on continuing education courses for trainers. Classes will last between two and 30 hours and will offer a total of 900 hours of digital content, the NSDC announced.
eSkillIndia – NSDC’s Digital Skills Initiative – currently offers more than 825 digital courses from its partners. More than 4,000 courses are connected through affiliate channels in various sectors and in various languages.
Dr. Manish Kumar, NSDC CEO and CEO, comments on the initiative: “E-learning…
