Amazon’s computer science education program benefits 4.5L govt school students

Amazon Future Engineer (AFE) is for students of Classes 3 to 12 who are from low-income families and do not have the resources to study computer science or the opportunities to learn about careers that exist in the technology industry.

Amazon Future Engineer (AFE), a flagship global computer science education program by Amazon, has completed one-year today in India. More than 4.5 lakh students from over 3,000 government schools across 11 states have benefited from this program. The program is for students of Classes 3 to 12 who are primarily from low-income families and do not have the resources to study computer science or the opportunities to learn about careers that exist in the technology industry.  In its first year, the program also supported 200 girls from low-income families with scholarships to pursue computer science education. AFE provided 200 scholarships in 2021.  

Registrations open for AFE scholarship 2023 

Amazon has now opened registrations for the AFE scholarship 2023. In its second year, the number of scholarships has been increased to 500 and the deadline to submit the scholarship application is December 31, 2022. Girl students who have already gained admission into an engineering college through a central or state-level entrance exam and have the total household annual income of INR 3 lakh or less can to apply for the scholarship.  

70 AFE labs for coding and live projects 

AFE has also set up around 70 AFE labs where children learn to code and also to build live projects using physical computing components such as raspberry PIs and sensors. These labs combined with digital assets enable schools to provide a holistic learning experience to their students by experimenting with computers and technology. For AFE Scholars, Amazon provides each student a sum of INR 1.6 lakh for over four years along with mentorship from Amazonians and bootcamp style courses to build a successful tech career.  

Apart from India, AFE program has been supporting computer science education for more than a million children and young adults from underrepresented communities in the United States, the United Kingdom, France and Canada. AFE provides computer science explore activities such as ‘Hour-of-Code’ and ‘Amazon Cyber Robotics Challenge’ to introduce students to the basics of computer science in an interactive and fun way. The students are also offered in-depth computer science learning opportunities such as ‘Code-a-Thon’ - a project-based structured boot camp for learning hands-on coding and advanced courses on robotics, computer-aided design and web design. 

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