ITU and Google announce 100,000 AI skills scholarships
The ITU and Google announced a commitment to provide 100,000 scholarships for online certificates, in support of the ITU-UNICEF Giga initiative.
Source review period: 2026-09-22
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The announcement was made at Digital@UNGA during the United Nations General Assembly week in New York. The scholarships will support Giga, an ITU-UNICEF initiative to connect schools to the internet, in coordination with national governments.
The ITU describes Digital@UNGA as a multistakeholder platform for digital cooperation held annually as the General Assembly opens. The announcement gives the scholarship commitment but does not specify participating countries, an application timetable or a number of recipients already enrolled.
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Online learning scholarship commitment
Online certificate scholarship commitment announced by ITU and Google.
- Committed online certificate scholarships
- 100,000 scholarships
- 2026-09-22 · Target
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The source dated 22 September reports a commitment of 100,000 scholarships; period is the announcement date. This is not a count of scholarships delivered or enrolled recipients.
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- Artificial intelligenceSuggested
- Subject suggested from the title or summary: AIwww.itu.int ↗