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- Recently, Microsoft has partnered with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE), and Capacity Building Commission (CBC) to empower India’s civil servants with future-ready skills.
- The partnership under the project ‘Capacity Building by MSDE in Microsoft Digital Productivity Skills’ aims to enhance the functional computer literacy of nearly 2.5 million civil servants of Government of India (GoI).
- This project is in line with the Mission Karmayogi.
Digital Literacy
- Digital literacy refers to the wide range of skills, which are necessary to emerge successful and adapt to the digital world.
- Since the print mediums are facing stagnation, the ability to grasp information found online becomes important.
- People and students who lack digital literacy skills may soon find themselves tough to gain access to information which is available online.
Importance Of Digital Literacyvfor Civil Servants
- Digital Literacy will empower India’s civil servants to provide efficient and effective citizen centric services to the vulnerable and underprivileged sections of the society.
- It will enable them to deliver last mile social welfare services.
- One of the major competency gaps identified in various job roles among the civil servants is the lack of digital productivity application skills while working on Microsoft Office tools like Word, Excel, and PowerPoint presentation, at a professional level. So digital empowerment will help in bridging competency Gaps.
SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES,MINT
