Chennai, Sept 1, 2024: A Verizon India's initiative, specially designed to kindle students' passion to choose STEM based careers, has benefitted over 13,000 students of 38 government schools.
Through the School Transformation Program (STP), over 13,000 students in 38 government schools across Chennai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru can now experience digital training and access science-based course modules, the company said in a press release.
Shankar Arumugavelu, Executive Vice President and President of Verizon Global Services, inaugurated a new STEM lab & SMART classroom in a government school in Chennai recently as part of the project. Verizon India initiated STP as one of its flagship CSR projects in 2023 in partnership with India Literacy Project (ILP) - an NGO that works with children in government schools.
Verizon also collaborated with ILP to curate a digital curriculum for students who can now access the digital content and enjoy the plethora of learning activities built on an open platform. Meanwhile, the teachers are aided with an enriching curriculum to make the STEM-focused learning easy. The program aims to increase the digital proficiency among the students from rural government schools. The objective is to reduce the digital divide between rural and urban students with self-learning modules. Students can learn coding and experience concepts like artificial intelligence and cybersecurity.
Verizon India first partnered with ILP in 2019 for the “Lab-in-a-Box” program, donating STEM Science Kits to 450+ government schools. Over 120,000 students across Tamil Nādu, Telangana and Karnataka benefitted through the program.
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