Skills will be the new currency in the post-epidemic world. Microsoft Corp. says it has helped 30 million people acquire digital skills in 249 countries and territories during the Kovid-19 epidemic. Of these 3 million people, only from India. This is more than the 2.5 billion target announced by the technology company in June.
Microsoft said in a statement that it is fulfilling its commitment to help 2.50 lakh companies globally by 2021. Millions of people, including unemployed factory workers, retail assistants and truck drivers, are becoming part of online courses at GitHub, LinkedIn and Microsoft during the epidemic, the statement said.
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Ahmed Asia, president of Microsoft Asia, said, “Skills will become the new currency in the post-epidemic world.” Over the past year, we have seen that the epidemic is affecting people all over the world. We believe that re-skills are needed to overcome the strong impact of infectious disease.
