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Amazon Web Services (AWS) recently announced that it will give $100 million to help underserved students develop AI, machine learning, cloud computing and computer science skills. The company says they are “committed to leveling the playing field in education, ensuring learners from underrepresented and underserved communities have equal access to transforming learning opportunities.”
As part of the AWS Education Equity Initiative, the company says it will be giving away $100 million in cloud credits in the next five years to aid organisations all over the world to “build or scale digital learning solutions.” Under the new program, these cloud credits will act as cash, which recipients can then use to make use of cloud technologies such as AI assistants, coding curriculums, student learning platforms, chatbots, mobile apps and other things. The program also allows students to get help from AWS Solution Architects to develop AI and optimise them.
AWS says it is already working with more than 50 organisations spanning 10 countries to help them adapt advanced technologies. These include Code.org, a nonprofit organisation that helps computer science and AI education for K-12 schools with a focus on students and women.
The company is also working with Rocket Learning, an Indian nonprofit that will use Amazon Q in AWS Quicksight to identify trends and deliver WhatsApp-based content. In South Africa, Amazon is helping Tangible Africa to develop coding skills to reach 10,000 learners and 120 teachers in countries like Ghana, Kenya, Uganda and Zambia. Last year, the AWS Education Equity Initiative has helped 2 million students and taught over 17 million hours of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
