 In May 2020, the Commonwealth of Learning partnered with Coursera to facilitate free access to over 5,000 courses designed to skill and re-skill citizens of Commonwealth member states for livelihoods. These courses, aligned to employability, were taught by professors from highly reputable universities and organizations. Since then, COLE has admitted close to 150,000 citizens of the Commonwealth to gain skills to regain employment with more than 42,000 people graduating. Recognizing the success of these learners, virtual convocations have been held for all regions of the Commonwealth. Over 12,000 learners from Africa, 18,000 from the Caribbean, 150 from the Pacific, and over 10,000 from Asia have graduated through the COLE Coursera Workforce Recovery Initiative. Today, we honor all of you from Asia. I believe these skillsets will help me to gain my desired employment. Through this program, I was able to do free course on Coursera, which helped me to develop my skill in my personal life and professional life. For offering me and for allowing me such a beautiful scope to enhance my skills, I think those certificates and those acquired knowledge will be very helpful in the days ahead. Thank you, Sir Arfeuth, for giving us such a wonderful opportunity. I am feeling very much more confident than before for entering new jobs and my personal growth have been developed as well as my knowledge has been increased and my working efficiency has also increased. I have learnt how to write professional emails in English and how to speak professionally. My competence level for getting a job has increased after completing my courses and getting certificates. Thank you. And these courses, I think, will help me to get a better job in these pandemic situations. These helped me acquire skills and knowledge that are essential to gear up for the post pandemic job market and boosted my confidence level up so that now I am ready to excel in job market with my newly acquired diverse skillset. Because of you guys, I've had the chance to learn things that I never actually dared to even think of learning. The international exposure that I got during my learning process is term of quality of content, academician was another value addition. I got around more than 60 certifications in less than a two-month time. I did sit down with the freelancer as well besides my studies. I just wanted to say thank you so much to the government for letting me participate in my study in Parseira for giving me this opportunity. So, learning through the Parseira was a wonderful experience for me. All the courses I did through this e-learning platform by Trivandals which helped me a lot in polishing my skills and exploring markets to success. All over a wonderful experience with various categories and learning from beginners to specialization. It gave me an extra boost of confidence that I needed for my job. Kursera not only provided me deep insight but also enhanced my existing skills. I did my specialization in academic writing which helped me a lot in career development. It is very important in professional life. I have also learned how to write professional emails through this platform. These skills helped me to collaborate with my colleagues, experts and consultants with different backgrounds and it boosted my confidence level in carrying out day-to-day works. And I think with this knowledge from the course I am really doing great. I have gained so much knowledge in a wide range of areas which will help me to reach my goals and surely add value to my resume. It also helps me to enhance my confidence. I got another opportunity to work as a chemical engineer at a water treatment company. So I will be very thankful and thankful. And I consider that the knowledge gained through the courses are really a value addition to my career progress and I hope that I could find a better job. Through this program I have upgraded my academic CV to a great extent as well as I have learned so many professional and life skills as well as I have improved my mental health especially during the pandemic time period. I was able to gain skills on different platforms such as psychology and web development. I have followed HR course in COSERA and also I have gained so much knowledge from this course and also this course was really helped me for doing my research also. I consider this as a very useful and unique opportunity in my career progress and the credentials obtained from these courses are fully legitimate and covers a wide range of study. Therefore the recognition obtained from these leading universities at immense value and I regularly gained in-depth knowledge from these courses.