Trump directs $200 mn annually to sci-tech education

Joanna Estrada

Ivanka Trump spearheads $200M STEM effort Ivanka Trump speaks at an event at the White House in 2017

The presidential directive means the federal government will spend a minimum of $200 million in grant funding to expand STEM and computer science education. Microsoft and Amazon are pledging similar amounts, with Lockheed Martin contributing $25 million and other companies making smaller contributions, according to the Internet Association, an industry lobbying group that organized the effort. -Explore administrative actions that will add or increase focus on Computer Science in existing K-12 and post-secondary programs. "In recent years with growing technological advancements, the nature of our workforce has increasingly shifted to jobs requiring a different skill set, specifically in coding and computer science", Ivanka Trump told reporters in a conference call.

Money for the grants has been appropriated by Congress, officials said.

While President Donald Trump's hardline base attacks Google, Facebook and Twitter for supposedly censoring conservative voices, the president and major tech firms are embarking on a joint project to improve the nation's education in science, technology, engineering and math.

"We have a major diversity problem in the tech industry", Trump said at an event inside a Gilbert-owned building at Campus Martius. The Department of Education, therefore, should prioritize helping districts recruit and train teachers capable of providing students with a rigorous education in STEM fields, focusing in particular on Computer Science.

The effort, which will include a "substantial pledge" from the private sector in an announcement coming Tuesday, was spearheaded by Ivanka Trump, a senior adviser to the President.

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"The Trump administration is committed to aligning the skills being taught to our students with the jobs being created in the economy of the future". The donations are spread over a period of five years.

According to his organization, there are more than 500,000 computing jobs open nationally across multiple business sectors, but about 50,000 computer science graduates annually in the U.S.

The White House acknowledged the need to encourage more girls, young women, minorities and students in rural communities to pursue STEM and computer science education.

"It shouldn't be that a student's chance to study it depends on the neighborhood she grows up in - or the color of his skin", said Hadi Partovi, CEO of code.org.

The Obama administration also advocated for STEM education, asking Congress to allocate $4 billion in public funds previous year.