Today the industries are looking for the skilled persons and from that point of view it is necessary that students should start acquiring skills right from their student lives. There are a variety of skills that a student can acquire and as he or she has to attend school or college it is imperative that one has to explore the online mode for these skill acquiring sessions.
There are many agencies in the internet which are reputed and provide various skill courses. Some of them are actually free at least for the basic packages and a student can take advantage of that also.
It is advisable that student should visit these sites and select the skill of one's interest or as per the prevailing trends. I would advise skills related to coding, utilities, cloud computing, database, and automation. Those having interest in business and management can think of digital marketing, HR practices, SAP etc
Some of the online resources for acquiring a variety of skills are
Udemy, Masterclass, Coursera, Skillshare, CreativeLive, edX, LinkedIn Learning, Fiverr Courses, Datacamp, Udacity, Pluralsight, Codecademy, Futurelearn etc.
Many courses are short courses and are customisable as per the convenience of the students.
It is also advisable to go for one course at a time to be able to concentrate for learning it.
Knowledge is power.