Chhindwara, August 19, 2007: Hon’ble Union Minister for
Commerce & Industry Shri Kamal Nath, today inaugurated the first-of-its-kind
Model District Learning Center at Chhindwara, set up by not-for-profit
organization- NIIT Education Society. The District Learning Center (DLC)
located in the heart of the district will endeavour to foster talent and skilled
manpower resources for global readiness. The district of Chhindwara alone
witnesses over 4,000 students graduating every year.
Model District Learning Center will - provide intensive professional training programmes
- include a English Preparatory school for the students
- have patrons who will provide scholarships to graduates from the
district
- To be run by not-for-profit organization- The NIIT Education
Society
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To begin with, The DLC will provide intensive training programs to over
200 students a year and will work towards increasing the capacity by another 200
students in the next 2 years. Once the model is tested it will be rolled out in
other districts in the country. These graduates will be equipped with IT skills,
Communication skills (verbal and written), Professional Life skills and Business
Etiquette skills that will enable them to accomplish gainful employment and
secure future.
Elaborating on the scope of the project, Mr. Rajendra S Pawar,
Chairman, NIIT Ltd. said, "Chhindwara sets the tone, for unleashing the hidden
potential of semi urban towns, by bringing the energy of their youth into the
mainstream.”
The DLC will ensure that students are taught the latest and most relevant
content and curriculum to make them future ready. The selected students will
undergo full-time training and will have access to resident faculty with expert
guidance and mentoring through online faculty resources backed with regular
visits from other faculty.
The center has been designed to create an ambience of an urban training
facility and uses state-of-the-art technology—fully networked classrooms,
machine rooms, labs, library, VSAT connectivity, high-bandwidth internet,
amongst other learning resources.
DLC is a reflection of unique public-private-partnership. The project is
expected to witness a strong industry support by way of corporate sponsored
training to identified candidates from this region.
Besides setting up the first DLC, Hole-in-the-Wall Education Ltd (HiWEL),
an NIIT venture will also setup several Minimally Invasive Education (MIE)
Playground Learning Centers (PLCs) in different villages of Chhindwara to
promote computer education among school kids in the district.
HiWEL PLCs provide free and unsupervised access to computers for children
belonging to economically and socially marginalized populations, in remote rural
locations and urban slums. HiWEL PLCs that come with the unique Minimally
Invasive Education approach, encourage children to self-organize and take
responsibility for their own learning.
According to Mr. Neeraj Agarwal, Senior Vice President, NIIT Ltd.
“With experiments like these, HiWEL is trying to find innovative ways to
touch millions of children, including those outside the school system and bring
them into the mainstream.”
Hundreds of children from villages will have access to educational content
and games, and learn in an environment that allows them to build and improve
their understanding through observation, exploration, discovery, and
collaboration, with minimal intervention from adults.
About NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s No. 1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development
Corporation, offers learning and knowledge solutions to 5 million students
across 32 countries.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training
Company Award 2006. Rated among India’s Superbrands (2003-05), NIIT’s
Individual Learning Business offerings include:
Industry-endorsed programs for students seeking careers in IT: GNIIT, Integrated
ANIIT for Engineers (IAE) and Advanced Technology Programs for IT professionals.
For working professionals, NIIT Imperia, Centre for Advanced
Learning, offers Executive Management Education Programmes in
association with Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) at Ahmedabad, Indore and
Kolkata.
NIIT Institute of Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI),
formed with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs to develop
talent for the banking industry.
NIIT offers turnkey IT integration program for schools. NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 5000 government and private
schools.
NIIT’s Corporate Learning Solutions, offers integrated
learning solutions (including strategic consulting, learning design, content
development, delivery, technology, assessment and learning management) to
Fortune 500 companies, Universities, Technology companies, Training corporations
and Publishing houses.
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