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Google and ITU provide 100,000 AI skills scholarships via AI Skills Coalition
Google is providing 100,000 certificate scholarships through the AI Skills Coalition, a partner-led initiative under the ITU’s AI for Good program, offering hands-on courses across more than 80 countries and complementing a catalogue of over 200 courses; delivery will involve local governments and the ITU-UNICEF Giga initiative. The training targets students, educators, job seekers, entrepreneurs and public servants and will track activation, completion and certificate issuance to evaluate impact.
KEY POINTS
- Google is providing 100,000 certificate scholarships through the AI Skills Coalition, a partner-led initiative under the ITU’s AI for Good program, offering hands-on courses across more than 80 countries and complementing a catalogue of over 200 courses; delivery will involve local governments and the ITU-UNICEF Giga initiative.
- The training targets students, educators, job seekers, entrepreneurs and public servants and will track activation, completion and certificate issuance to evaluate impact.
- Expands accessible, practical AI training at scale to help close global digital and AI skills gaps and inform policy on effective upskilling.
WHY IT MATTERS
Expands accessible, practical AI training at scale to help close global digital and AI skills gaps and inform policy on effective upskilling.