Education
Oracle, Karnataka ICT Society to train 120 teachers
Bengaluru, Dec 5 (IANS) Oracle and the ICT Society (ICTS) of Karnataka on Tuesday collaborated to ramp up the skillsets of 120 teachers of computer science in over 60 colleges, over a period of three years.
As part of the collaboration, the teachers will be instructed through Oracle Academy courses, including java foundation, java fundamentals, java programming, database foundation, database design and programming amongst many others.
“Karnataka is an emerging hub for education and technology. We are delighted to work with the ICT Society of the State to meet the snowballing global demand for highly skilled, industry-ready professionals,” Damian Haas, Regional Director (Japan and Asia-Pacific), Oracle Academy, said in a statement.
“With this collaboration, Oracle remains committed to creating a future-ready workforce and thereby, address the skills gap challenge.”
The initiative is aimed at increasing the productivity and employability of the state’s working population, both in the organised and unorganised sectors.
In the past fiscal year, Oracle Academy supported over 3.5 million students in 120 countries across 12,000 institutions through an in-kind grant value of $3.75 billion.
In India, Oracle Academy currently teams with more than 1,700 educational institutions, the statement said.
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Haryana Chief Secretary Sanjeev Kaushal shared that the construction work of six nursing colleges in the state will be completed soon and classes will commence in the month of July. Not only this, the new building of the National Institute of Fashion Technology, Panchkula has also completed its construction work.
Adding on to this, he shared that, till now, the classes are being held in another building, the chief secretary said while presiding over the review meeting of development projects worth more than Rs 100 crore here.
CHIEF SECRETARY REVIEWED MAJOR PROJECTS
The Chief Secretary reviewed several major projects, including power, health, medical, and technical education in the state, and directed the concerned officials to complete them within the stipulated time period.
COLLEGES UNDER CONSTRUCTION
He said that the construction of nursing colleges in Dherdu village of Kaithal, Khedi Ram Nagar village of Kurukshetra, Kheranwali village of Panchkula, Aura and Dayalpur village of Faridabad, and Sadatpur village of Rewari is under construction.
The construction work of Medical college in Koriawas in Narnaul, Medical College at Jind, Bhiwani, and Dental College at Nalhar is being completed at a fast pace. The work of the second phase of Kalpana Chawla Medical College is also undergoing.
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