AWS commits $100 Million to advance education equity with AI and cloud innovation
Amazon Web Services (AWS) has pledged up to $100 million in cloud credits over the next five years to support education organizations in underserved and underrepresented communities.
The AWS Education Equity Initiative will provide these organizations with the tools to create and scale digital learning solutions that improve access to skills in AI, machine learning, cloud computing, and computer science.
The program offers cloud credits to offset costs associated with AWS’s cloud services, enabling recipients to leverage advanced technologies like AI assistants, coding curriculums, and connectivity tools.
Participating organizations will also receive technical guidance from AWS Solution Architects to ensure effective implementation and optimization of these technologies.
Supporting initiatives across the globe
AWS is already collaborating with over 50 organizations in 10 countries to bring digital learning innovations to underserved communities. Key examples include:
Code.org: Using AWS cloud credits, the nonprofit is scaling its AI Teaching Assistant, which reduces teachers’ time spent assessing student coding projects by up to 50%. The assistant, powered by Amazon Bedrock, allows educators to focus more on personalized lesson plans and student engagement.
Rocket Learning: This India-based nonprofit uses Amazon Q in AWS QuickSight to analyze the effectiveness of content delivered via WhatsApp and video. The insights help optimize educational materials for diverse regions and languages.
Tangible Africa: The organization is expanding an offline coding curriculum built on AWS to reach 10,000 students and 120 teachers across Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, and Zambia.
The initiative builds on AWS’s existing educational programs like Amazon Future Engineer, which has delivered over 17 million hours of STEM and career development courses to more than 2 million students in the past year.
AWS’s AI and ML Scholarship Program has also provided $28 million in scholarships to approximately 6,000 students pursuing AI careers.
