Skills Day event in Mysuru to test coding, math skills of youth
The Hindu
As part of World Youth Skills Day 2022, students will get to participate in a series of competitions conducted in both offline and online mode from July 13 to 15
Learners PU College, in association with Narayana Hrudayalaya, Vidyavardhaka College of Engineering (VVCE), Newwave India, and NexTurn, is organising various competitions on the occasion of World Youth Skills Day on July 15. The objective of Skills Day is to celebrate the strategic importance of equipping young people with skills for employment, decent work and entrepreneurship. These contests are designed keeping in mind the challenges faced by today’s generation and basic skill-set that every youth should possess.
World Youth Skills Day 2022, with a theme ‘Transforming youth skills for the future’, takes place amid concerted efforts towards socio-economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The competitions would test students on basic mathematical, coding, learning, writing and teaching skills. Students from high school, PU as well as undergraduates can participate. The competitions will be held between July 13 and 15 in offline and online modes.
The college plans to train students on various skills that one needs to acquire, and encourage people by rewarding them as well as creating more opportunities to enhance their skill-sets.
The competitions include Math-(pi)rates, Concept video making, Mindmap, Essay writing, and coding.
Math-(pi)rates is a math skill competition targeting high school and PUC students. The test would be conducted in offline mode in collaboration with Math Tea Club of VVCE, Mysuru, and in online mode on the Learners’ digital platform.
In concept video making competition, participants need to make a concept video on any topic of their choice for a maximum duration of 3 minutes, and upload their video on Learners digital platform any time before July 14 10 a.m.
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