In a residential patch at Puttanna Road in Basavanagudi, a building rumbles with excitement. On the second floor, a class is in session, and students lap up every bit of it. Lessons are wrapped in fun activities. The other classroom on the same floor is relatively subdued: they are now on to a recap of the day’s lessons, primarily around “AWS Shield”. Another striking feature of these twin classrooms is that the educator is as young as the students.
This is one of the 18 Livelihood Centres operated by Magic Bus India Foundation in Bengaluru. The non-profit, which operates in the skilling space, has 114 centres across India. These centres offer digital courses to unemployed graduates from marginalised communities based on the cloud curriculum of AWS re/Start — graduates in BE Computer Science, Information Science, Electronics and Communication, B.Sc. Computer Science and BCA make up each cohort with a three-month run.
Magic Bus India Foundation “pitches tent” in an area after assessing the employability scenario among the underprivileged youth there. First-generation learners are imparted employability skills. At Jayanagar 1st Block, Capgemini’s Digital Academy, run in association with Edubridge Learning, delivers a host of new-age tech courses to enable young people to navigate the world of work. Undergraduates with a degree in any computer application program are the target. Based on their skill levels, they are guided into a course. SQL, Cloud, Cyber Security, DevOps or Machine Learning are among the courses on offer.
