Chief minister Basavaraj Bommai, said there is a need for developing technical skills in children with at least some high schools becoming technical high schools.
He also urged minister department of electronics, IT, BT and S&T to upgrade Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tinkering labs even in small capsules to create at the school level.
IT, BT, Science and Technology and higher Education minister C N Ashwath Narayan said that the government would set up a Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering inHubballi soon as an Industry-institute initiative.
The minister said that setting up of CoE is part of the Karnataka Digital economy Mission. He promised that a park would be developed at Hubballi to facilitate graduating startups to grow further.
The government has brought effective policies to promote innovative technologies and the duration of internship has been raised from 3 weeks to 30 weeks. Students will also be given the opportunity to undergo internship abroad.