Niti Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission Launches Free Online Course on App Development for School Students

Niti Aayog through its Atal Innovation Mission launched the “ATL App Development Module”, which is a free online course on app development. The initiative is aimed at reviving the Indian Mobile App Development innovation ecosystem, says Niti Aayog.

“The ATL App Development modules have been launched in collaboration with Indian homegrown startup Plezmo with an aim to hone the skills of school students and transforming them from App users to App makers in the times to come under AIM’s flagship Atal Tinkering Labs initiative,” said a PIB release.

“Our honorable Prime Minister has been encouraging the citizens to use technology and innovate for an Aatma Nirbhar Bharat. It is crucial for the young Indians to learn skills at a young age and to enable them to become the next generation of technology leaders. And under the Atal Tinkering Lab initiative, AIM, NITI Aayog is proud to launch the ATL App Development module for our India’s young minds – our dear children,” said Amitabh Kant, CEO, Niti Aayog.

All You Need to Know About the Free Online Course on App Development by Niti Aayog

The ATL App Development modules have been launched in collaboration with Indian homegrown startup Plezmo.

The ATL App Development module is an online course is completely free.

School students can learn to build mobile apps in various Indian languages and showcase their talent through 6 project-based learning modules and online mentoring sessions.

Apart from that, to build capacities and acumen for App Development within school teachers, periodic teacher training sessions will be conducted on the AIM App development course.