AIM launches ATL App Development Module for school students nationwide

NITI Aayog’s Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) has launched the ‘ATL App Development Module’ for school children all across the country in a major step towards revving up the Indian Mobile App Development innovation ecosystem, in line with the clarion call for Aatmanirbhar initiatives of the Hon Prime Minister of India.

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The ATL App Development modules have been launched in collaboration with Indian home grown 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.

Covid-19 pandemic has brought about a big disruption, which is being tackled through the use of technology to aid for everyday lives.

The ATL App Development module is an online course is completely Free. Through 6 project-based learning modules and online mentoring sessions, young innovators can learn to build mobile Apps in various Indian languages and showcase their talent.

Additionally, to build capacities and acumen for App Development within school teachers, periodic Teacher Training sessions will be conducted on the AIM App Development course.

The launch of AatmaNirbhar Bharat App Innovation Challenge has been inspiring to the young students uniformly at school, university and industry level.

AIM, NITI Aayog is now bringing the skills of App Development to the young tinkerers of Atal Tinkering Labs across the country so that they can integrate their Tinkering Lab innovations with mobile apps enhancing the usability and reach of their innovations.

This would be one of the largest App learning and development initiatives at a school level in any country.