"4SI Academy" reached the finals of the "Outstanding Achievement Award 2024" of the US company "Coursera".
"4SI Academy" implemented with the joint cooperation of the Analysis and Coordination Center of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4SIM) under the Ministry of Economy, the Education Development Fund (TIF) under the Ministry of Science and Education, has reached the finals of the "Outstanding Achievement Award 2024" of the US company "Coursera" . Among the 170 projects presented by 42 countries, "4SI Academy" was selected for the final stage due to its contributions to training qualified personnel in the labor market, developing digital skills, increasing knowledge in the field of advanced technologies, ensuring inclusion, involving citizens from Baku city and regions in the program, and applying innovative solutions. has risen.
Coursera, the world's most popular educational platform, annually presents the "Outstanding Achievement Award" to partners who have made significant achievements in human capital development. During the selection, the number of people who are involved in online education on the educational platform and the international certificates obtained, the number of career advancement based on the new knowledge gained, and other indicators are taken as a basis. The final stage of the competition will be held on September 17 in Las Vegas, USA.
The purpose of "4SI Academy" is to support the development of digital skills in the country, increase knowledge in the field of advanced technologies and training of qualified personnel in the labor market. Within the framework of the project, 10,000 people throughout the country benefited from the online education platform "Coursera" free of charge within 1 year. 800 participants from 40 universities such as Yale, Duke, Michigan, London, Illinois, Virginia and technology companies such as Microsoft, IBM, Meta and Google on the 4th industrial revolution, digital transformation, career and language skills It was suggested to take advantage of the course. Users attended more than 32 thousand hours of video lectures on 4SI technologies, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data, data analytics, blockchain and cloud technologies, programming languages, as well as leadership, communication, business, management and other areas. Those who successfully completed the training received more than 4,000 international certificates in total.
It is planned to continue the project as a national program.
