New Delhi, November
11, 2008: NIIT, a leading
Global Talent Development Corporation and Asia’s No. 1 trainer, announced the
endorsement of the TOEIC® (Test of English for International
Communication™) test by leading corporations throughout India.
Through NIIT’s
first nationwide TOEIC test administration, 24/7 Customer, Genpact, Inventurus
and Wipro participated in a benchmarking exercise of their employees’
communication skills. The benchmarking exercise will help corporations set
acceptance standards while recruiting. This will also aid in monitoring
improvement of communication skills of employees as they undergo
training. 24/7 Customer, Wipro and Inventurus join other industry
leaders such as - Call2Connect, Fiserv, HCL, HTMT, Steria (Xansa), Minacs
(TransWorks) and NIIT Technologies — in their endorsement of the TOEIC test as
the established industry criteria for assessing a candidate’s proficiency of
English for workplace communication.
Calling the first
TOEIC test ‘a benchmark of its kind in the country,’ Ashish Basu, President of
New Business Incubation for NIIT, says, ‘Participation of blue-chip
companies in the TOEIC test is a validation of their acceptance of TOEIC test
scores as the criteria for English communicative ability of individuals at
workplace.’
‘We plan to roll it
out across 20 cities in the next three months,’ adds
Basu.
The TOEIC test,
developed by Educational Testing Service (ETS), is the world’s most widely
accepted workplace English-language assessment tool. Offered in 90 countries
around the world, the TOEIC test is used by more than 9,000 corporations,
educational institutions and government agencies.
NIIT has announced
that TOEIC test administrations will be held every month. During this
introductory period, the TOEIC test will be priced at Rs 2495, with a special
waiver for students who desire to take the test. As part of
the preparation kit for the test, NIIT will provide aspiring candidates with an
e-Learning CD that will contain the examinee handbook and sample test
content.
About
the TOEIC test
The TOEIC test is
an English-language proficiency test for people whose native language is not
English. It measures the everyday English-language skills of people working in
an international environment. TOEIC test scores indicate how well people can
communicate in English with others in the global workplace. Developed by
Educational Testing Service®
(ETS®) in 1979, the
TOEIC test has become the world’s leading test of English-language proficiency
in a workplace context. Nine thousand corporations in more than 90 countries use
the TOEIC test, and more than five million TOEIC tests were administered in
2007.
ABOUT
ETS AND ETS GLOBAL SUBSIDIARIES
ETS is a nonprofit
organization with the mission to advance quality and equity in education for all
people worldwide. Founded in 1947, ETS designs, develops, delivers and scores
more than 50 million tests annually in more than 180 countries, at over 9,000
locations worldwide.
ETS and its related
ETS Global subsidiaries have offices around the world to meet the needs of
non-U.S.-based entities in Asia, Canada, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East
and Africa. In serving individuals, businesses, educational institutions,
government agencies and membership organizations worldwide, ETS offers valid and
reliable assessments, research and related services such as customized
solutions, workforce products and services, and research-based teaching and
learning tools.
For more
information, visit the ETS website at www.ets.org. For more information on TOEIC visit the NIIT Litmus
Website: http://www.niitlitmus.com
About
NIIT
NIIT, Asia’s No.
1 trainer and leading Global Talent Development Corporation, offers learning and
knowledge solutions to over 5 million students across 40
countries.
Dataquest has
conferred upon NIIT, the Top IT Training Company Award 2008. Rated among India’s
Business Superbrands 2008, NIIT’s Individual Learning Solutions include
industry-endorsed programs in IT like- GNIIT, Integrated programs for Engineers
(NIIT Edgeineers), Infrastructure Management programs (NIIT
GlobalNet+).
NIIT’s School
Learning Solutions offers turnkey IT integration program for schools and has
provided computer-based learning to nearly 7.8 million students in over
9,500 government and private schools. NIIT eGuru is a comprehensive learning
solution for schools.
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, Kolkata, Lucknow, IMT Ghaziabad and
IIFT Delhi.
NIIT Institute of
Finance Banking & Insurance (IFBI), formed by NIIT
with equity participation from ICICI Bank, offers programs for individuals and
corporates in Banking, Financial Services and Insurance.
NIIT
Uniqua, Centre for
Process Excellence, addresses the demand for talent in the BPO industry. This is
a part of NIIT Institute of Process Excellence, a NIIT-Genpact
venture.
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.
Element
K delivers learning
solutions for customers and partners through a tailored combination of catalog
learning products, technology, and services. The offerings
include: vLab®: hands-on labs, instructor-led courseware, comprehensive
e-reference libraries, technical journals, and KnowledgeHub™: hosted
learning management platform.
NIIT together with
Element K is now the first and the best choice for comprehensive learning
solutions, worldwide.
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