WORKPLACE EXPERIENCES FOR STUDENTS AND AWARDS FOR TEACHERS – IBM SkillsBuild for Students & Problem Solvers Tournament

IBM Announces SkillsBuild Program for CBSE School Students, Free Online Course on Artificial Intelligence Offered

IBM skills build for students – Our world is undergoing a rapid transformation driven by Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, big data and enabling technologies. To navigate this rapidly transforming world and excel in the future workplace, along with the right resources and guidance students will require real world workplace experiences to help them identify their future career. Workplace experiences and internships will allow students to shape their perceptions of the world of work, provide valuable practical experience in an industry that could be competitive and will help them make more informed choices about their future. 

→ There is no fee to participate in the program, and applications will have to be submitted before 20 October 2021.

To enable students to be ready for the future of work and help teachers aid students in this journey, CBSE has partnered with IBM to offer a range of professional courses through the IBM SkillsBuild for Students platform, followed by micro-internship opportunities for students to get a taste of the workplace and industry, thus help reduce the skills gap. 

Along with personalized learning for teachers and students through the platform, students and teachers will form teams to participate in a Problem Solvers Tournament to ideate solutions using AI and Design Thinking for real world community problems. 

IBM Free Online Course for CBSE School Students

Top 100 students from the program will be given an opportunity to be part of unique workplace experiences through micro-internships with IBM and its partners. 

Top 100 Teachers will be felicitated at the LeadZ Teacher Awards with the best teachers invited to showcase at the 1M1B Youth Summit at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in New York in 2022! 

PROGRAM PROCESS: For any further query or feedback, the schools may contact: 

1. IBM Skill Build School Registration: 

2. Schools to register for participation on this link:https://forms.gle/q7Mh5hqkiXjxPuZH8 

3. A teacher from the school can fill the registration form. 

4. Each school to nominate a teacher and student ambassador for the program and provide date & time for a 30 minute orientation workshop. 

1. Orientation Workshop: 

2. Orientation workshop for students and teachers from the registered schools on “SkillsBuild for Students” platform use, the courses to complete, how to obtain badges and how students and teachers can participate in the Problem Solvers tournament.

1. Course Completion on IBM SkillsBuild for Students: 

2. Students and Teachers to complete the curated set of courses on IBM SkillsBuild for Students. 

3. For Students – AI Foundations for All and Working in a Digital Work 

4. For Teachers – How to become a mentor / AI Foundations for Educators / Design Thinking

1. Idea Submission for Problem Solvers Tournament & Mentoring Hackathon: 

2. Post completion of courses, students & teachers can form teams (max. 4 students + 1 teacher) and submit their ideas for the Problem Solvers Tournament on ww.Leadzworld.com. Top team from each school will be selected for a mentoring hackathon to develop their ideas and make final submissions.

1.Workplace Experiences for Students and Awards for Teachers: 

2.Students from Top 100 teams will participate in an assessment to win workplace experience opportunities and teachers from the top 100 teams will be felicitated at the LeadZ Teacher Awards.

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