The Apple Education Hub is the first of its kind in India and will open in March – Image Credit: Apple
Apple continues its program to upskill its employees by opening a new Apple Education Hub in India to help supply chain workers learn to code and manufacture.
The Apple Education Hub, which Apple announced on Wednesday, is the first of its kind in India and is being run in collaboration with the Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Starting in March, the initiative will begin providing training programs through a dedicated center in Bengaluru targeting supply chain workers.
The learning center will include specialist educators working in digital education, with initial courses including digital literacy and Swift coding for beginners. Faculty from MAHE will be on hand to assist supplier trainers who can then teach larger groups of employees.
A selection of development courses will also be widely available across India, with more than 25 vendor sites involved in the project for localized learning. The wider reach will start with assembly partner Tata Electronics and over time extend to others in the supply chain.
Robotics is one of the many topics that Apple offers education – Image Credit: Apple
The courses available to workers cover a range of topics, including digital literacy, Swift coding, robotics, automation technology and smart manufacturing. Topics that are very Apple-centric and aim to improve the knowledge of those working within the supply chain to improve the chain itself.
This latest effort is being paid for by Apple’s $50 million global supplier employee development fund, which Apple first announced in March 2022.
Sarah Chandler, Apple’s vice president of environment and supply chain innovation, refers to the effort as part of Apple’s commitment to supporting people in the supply chain. It says the expansion of its technical training courses in India “gives thousands of employees the opportunity to learn valuable new skills and explore new career paths.”
Current training efforts in India include more than 75 courses taught to workers across the country. Having created jobs in India for more than 350,000 employees in just five years thanks to the rapid expansion of Apple’s manufacturing in the country, this is a project that will further help the prospects of millions of people in a rapidly growing workforce.