Social media giant Facebook and the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) have collaborated to introduce training programs in Augmented Reality and Digital Safety.
As per reports, CBSE, Augmented Reality is one of the most significant technologies coming up in the future. In its official notification, the board cited NASSCOM and wrote a statement stating that Augmented or Virtual Reality will create demand for developers trained in these technologies in the upcoming future.
The modules will be for secondary school students. Currently, the curriculum is available on the CBSE website and it will cover some aspects including safety, privacy, mental health, and Instagram’s guide for building healthy digital habits.
The module has been designed in a way that will guide students to become responsible digital users, identify and report threats and harassment, also report misinformation which will also be helpful for them to use digital things in a positive or right manner. At a time almost 10,000 students will be added in the training which will be imparted by the Centre for Social Research (CSR).
Also, Facebook will support CBSE to introduce Artificial Reality in the curriculum. In the first phase, 10,000 teachers will be trained in this whereas 30,000 students will undergo the same procedure in the second phase. After three-week training, the batches will be made to cover the fundamentals of Artificial Reality and several ways to utilize Facebook’s software, Spark AR Studio to create augmented reality experiences. Students will also receive an e-certificate from CBSE and Facebook after completing the courses.
