Facebook ties up with govt CSC programme to train rural women entrepreneurs

Initiative will cover 250,000 entrepreneurs in 3,000 villages also seeks to educate them about privacy and security as first-time users

Facebook has tied up with the government’s Common Service Centre Academy to provide digital marketing education to village entrepreneurs and teach first-time online users about privacy and security. 

CSC Academy and Facebook have jointly designed and developed a digital curriculum, and provide digital training to 250,000 rural entrepreneurs in more than 3,000 villages. 

Facebook India Managing Director Ajit Mohan told Business Standard that the idea is to not just bring people online but also help them leverage the platform to grow their businesses. 

"In many ways what we're doing with this partnership is bringing best of Facebook's toolkits that are available to large