Tamil Nadu Skills Development Corporation (TNSDC) will roll out courses on drones, 5G and ChatGPT to students from public universities across Tamil Nadu under the ‘Nan Mudarvan’ scheme.
“For the upcoming semester, about 4,767 students have already registered with ChatGPT and 3,600 have opted for drone testing and design sessions,” said J. Innocent Divya, Managing Director of Tamil Nadu Skills Development Corporation (TNSDC). Hinduism.
GUVI, an educational technology company fostered by IIT-M and IIM-A, is in charge of the ChatGPT course, while Vayusastra Aerospace, fostered under the IIT-M Incubation Cell and IIT-M Rural Technology Business Incubator, teaches students about drone fundamentals, aerodynamics, design, calibration, simulation, assembly and flight.
Ms Divya said the focus would be on strengthening rural infrastructure and connectivity (referring to mobile/internet) to provide hassle-free education. “We will be working with TANFINET (Tamil Nadu Fibernet Corporation Limited) and the information technology department for this,” she added.
During May-June 2023, TNSDC held about 56 job fairs across Tamil Nadu and 26,200 students were offered jobs in various companies. Of these, 21,000 came from the humanities and sciences, and the rest from engineering. Humanities and science students were placed in areas such as banking, financial services, insurance, logistics, IT-enabled services, sales and marketing. “A job fair was held while the students were finishing their courses. However, we want to start hiring early this year and will start from September 2023,” Divya said.
Ms Divya further said that more than 15,000 students in government and government-subsidized schools in Tamil Nadu, who passed the Class XII exam this year and would have stopped further study, have been counseled and are now opting for arts and sciences, engineering, industrial training institutes and other courses.
“Approximately 2.23 million students passed the Class XII exam this year, but nearly 82,000 of them did not apply for higher education because of family or financial circumstances.
About 30,000 students were identified and had in-depth discussions. Ultimately, over 15,000 students agreed to pursue higher education. Financing was also arranged for qualified candidates.
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