The Delhi Skill and Entrepreneurship University (DSEU) has launched a residential course in software programming in a bid to make skilling aspirational, accessible and inclusive for women and trans women, it said in a statement recently.
The fully-funded residential 20-month advanced diploma course in software programming will be run in collaboration with non-profit organisation NavGurukul, the university added in its statement.
The programme, with 84 students in its first batch, was inaugurated by Atishi, chairperson of the standing committee on education and a legislator from Kalkaji constituency.
"We are in the 21st century, surrounded by technology where Google answers all our questions in mere seconds and yet we have to spend 14 years in the formal education system. Those 14 years tell us what one can and cannot study. With this programme in coding and programming, the effort is to challenge these notions by encouraging students with strong logic to pursue a career in the tech world," Atishi said.
The residential course will provide girls and trans women an opportunity to learn and grow in the technical world through a six-month-long training period, the statement further read.
Recognised as a state university by the University Grants Commission, the DSEU in Delhi enables access to aspirational jobs and inculcate entrepreneurial mindset.