- Ties up with- Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Karnataka
Vocational Training & Skill Development Corporation Ltd. (KVTSD) and
Department of Employment and Training (DET) -under Government of Karnataka, to
accelerate skill development for youth in the State
Shimoga, Karnataka, October 3, 2009: NIIT today
announced a partnership with Government of Karnataka (Department of Social
Welfare (DSW), Karnataka Vocational Training & Skill Development Corporation
Ltd. (KVSTDC) & Department of Employment and Training (DET)) to provide
eLearning to young under-graduates residing in the hostels of the Department of
Social Welfare. Under this unique agreement NIIT, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s No.1 IT Trainer, will setup E-learning labs
to the hostel inmates, thus enabling skill development of the youth at the
doorstep of the Government Hostels.
NIIT will be offering a large catalogue of E-Learning packages on
categories including Soft Skills and Basic IT Skills, Sales Courses, Customer
Service Courses, Desk Top Publishing Courses, Computer Networking Courses and
Web Designing Courses. With this partnership NIIT E-Learning packages could be
accessible to youth residing in over 300 hostels in a phased manner as targeted
by DSW, KVSTDC & DET for this year.
DSW’s vision of implementing welfare schemes for people of Karnataka,
especially youth and KVSTDC’s objective of skill enhancement of all under
graduates & graduates compliments NIIT’s vision of making technology easy
and accessible to everybody. Backed by NIIT’s best in class course content the
training solution promises to offers youth with complete set of skills required
by them to build a successful career.
Mr Ashish Basu, President, New Business Incubation, NIIT Ltd,
said, “Skill development through eLearning will become a significant
growth driver in the future. At NIIT we help our users achieve their full
potential through customized e-Learning tools with direct internet interface. We
look forward to our tie up with Government of Karnataka to facilitate easy
adoption of skills required towards meeting the needs of the youth.”
The vision of this project is to enable the students in the Government
hostels to use their free time to enhance their skill sets by acquiring some of
the soft skills and life skills that are required in most job areas, and in the
process providing the latest learning technologies at the student’s door-step.
As a result of their enhanced skill level increase the employability of the
students and make them market ready to compete for employment opportunities.
Additionally, students will get an opportunity to complete a primer course on
some of the MES modules across skills. The primer courses will help a student
develop their interest in the skill area. This Vision will be achieved by the
Synergy of DSW, KVT&SDC & NIIT expertise.
The other objectives outlined under this partnership include optimizing
use of Government infrastructure (Hostels), providing training/technology at the
students doorstep, hence minimizing overheads such as commute time, providing
ease of accessibility to latest learning technology, providing learning
infrastructure 24 X7, providing self paced learning to help the students learn
at ease and their convenience, exposing students to a knowledge base beyond the
academic one, making students market ready to compete with their counterparts in
private colleges and providing a certification by KVT&SDC post completion of
training.
The program will be delivered via technology in a self-study mode.
Students will be given a window of approximately 12 weeks to complete the
program. The self study will be enabled via eLearning modules that are locally
installed and tracked via a Learning Management System.
About Department of Social Welfare (DSW)
The
Department of Social Welfare, Government of Karnataka is the apex body for
facilitating and implementing the various schemes for the welfare of Karnataka
people, specially the youth and improvising and empowering them with various
technical and other employable skills.
About Karnataka Vocational Training & Skill Development
Corporation (KVT& SDC)
KVT&SDC, focuses on skill enhancement
of all under-graduates & Graduates, youths across Karnataka. They take
training and technology to students’ door-step to bridge the skill gap and make
the private and public corporate look at these youths for their job
requirements. The ultimate goal for KVT&SDC is to make campus recruitments
happen at Government hostels and colleges.
About NIIT
NIIT Limited, leading Global Talent
Development Corporation and Asia’s largest IT trainer, offers learning and
knowledge solutions to over 5 million students across 40 countries.
Leading IT magazine Dataquest has conferred upon NIIT, the ‘Top IT Training
Company’ award successively for the past 15 years, since the inception of this
category. Rated among India’s Business Super brands 2008, NIIT’s Individual
Learning Business offerings include industry-endorsed programs for students
seeking careers in IT - GNIIT, Edgeineers and
Globalnet+ for IT professionals.
NIIT has provided
computer-based learning to over 12,000 government and private schools. The
futuristic NIIT eGuru range for schools is a holistic education package that
comprises of Interactive Classrooms (an embedded Teaching
Learning Material, that uses elements of interactivity, automation and web links
library); Math lab (technology tools that enable school
students to learn and explore mathematical concepts); IT Wizard
(equips the students with core computer knowledge and IT skills); and
Quick School (an Education Resource Planning solution for
School Management).
For working professionals, NIIT Imperia,
Centre for Advanced Learning, offers Executive Management Education
Programs 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 corporate in Banking, Financial Services and
Insurance.
NIIT Uniqua, Centre for Process Excellence,
addresses the increasing demand for skilled workers in the business and
technology services industry by providing training programs in relevant areas.
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.
NIIT delivers a
tailored combination of catalog learning products, technology and services
through Element K offerings. These include: lab®: hands-on labs, instructor-led
courseware, comprehensive e-reference libraries, technical journals, and
Knowledge Hub™: hosted learning management platform. This makes NIIT the first
and the best choice for comprehensive learning solutions, worldwide.