Through the Minha Chance Program, teaching trails cover fundamentals in the cloud platform and artificial intelligence; target audience are young people from Etecs, Fatecs and the community in general
In order to offer professional training and boost the generation of jobs in technology, Microsoft joins the Minha Chance Program, of the São Paulo State Secretariat for Economic Development, Science and Technology (SDE) in partnership with the Paula Souza Center ( CPS). The initiative offers 1,200 free places on teaching trails Fundamentals of Microsoft Cloud Computing (AZ-900) and Fundamentals of Artificial Intelligence (AI-900). At registration is now open and can be made until May 7 at the address bit.ly/MicrosoftMyChanceENTER
The program destines 1,000 places for students of state Technical Schools (Etecs) and Faculties of Technology (Fatecs) and 200 for young people from the community in general. The selection will be made through an online exam, in which the candidates will be able to choose the days 8 or 9 of May.
The classes will be guided by market experts and CPS professors, certified by Microsoft. The training will take place in a virtual format, through the learning platform Microsoft Learn, customized for CPS, with a roadmap of technical content of cloud computing and artificial intelligence technologies.
The learning trails are scheduled for the period between May 15 and June 19. The workload is 36 hours of technical content and another four hours of concepts related to the development of socioemotional and behavioral skills. At the end of the training, the top 200 participants will receive, free of charge, vouchers for Microsoft certification exams in AZ-900 and AI-900.
Strategic partnership
The announcement was made during a live on Thursday (29) with the presence of the Economic Development secretary, Patrícia Ellen; the deputy director-superintendent of the CPS, Emilena Lorenzon Bianco; vice president for Public Sector, Education and Health at Microsoft Brazil, Alessandra Karine; the vice president of Solutions at Microsoft Brasil and a former CPS student, Christiano Faig and the Education Account Executive at Microsoft Brasil, Fernando Cruz.
“Each person is able to do memorable things when technology is at their fingertips. At Microsoft, we believe that technology has the potential to positively help transform the society in which we live, so we want to make qualification accessible to everyone and prepare our students for the opportunities of the future, ”says Vera Cabral, director of education at Microsoft Brazil .
“Students will have access to quality education connected to the world of work, which will prepare them for the digital transformations we are experiencing and for the future that has already arrived. The pandemic has accelerated the adoption of new technologies at an unprecedented rate. With this partnership, we will provide our young people with access to employment, entrepreneurship and income opportunities, and the chance to build a promising career in the technology area ”, explains Patrícia Ellen, Secretary of Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation of the Government of the State of São Paulo.
“The world is experiencing a digital revolution that demands more and more talented and highly trained professionals. The partnership with Microsoft will be a great opportunity for young people to improve their knowledge and have contact with what is most advanced in terms of technology and innovation ”, emphasizes Laura Laganá, CPS superintendent director.
My Chance
The Minha Chance Program is an initiative of the Government of the State of São Paulo, through SDE and CPS, which aims to train students from Etecs and Fatecs, in addition to the open community, in collaboration with the private sector. The objective is to stimulate the generation of jobs and income. The courses are developed in partnership with companies and the productive sector has the advantage of directing vacancies to well-trained professionals. Interested companies can register via the website mychance.sp.gov.br.
About Microsoft
Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation in the age of the smart cloud and the smart frontier. Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more. The company has been in Brazil for 32 years and is one of 120 subsidiaries of Microsoft Corporation, founded in 1975. In 2019, the company invested more than R$ 48 million bringing technology for free to 2,038 NGOs in Brazil, benefiting several social projects. Since 2011, Microsoft has supported more than 7,100 startups in Brazil through donations of more than US$ 200 million in cloud credits.
About the Paula Souza Center
São Paulo State Government Agency linked to the Economic Development Secretariat, the Paula Souza Center (CPS) manages the state's Faculties of Technology (Fatecs) and Technical Schools (Etecs), in addition to the decentralized classes - units that operate with one or more more courses, under the supervision of an Etec -, in around 360 municipalities in São Paulo. Etecs serve more than 228 thousand students in Technical, Integrated and High School. At Fatecs, the number of students enrolled in technological undergraduate courses exceeds 94 thousand students.
