Skills training for govt college youth, courtesy McGraw-Hill, Microsoft

JAIPUR:Software MICROSOFT WILL TRAIN 9,500 STUDENTS FROM 50 COLLEGES OF THE STATE, A LETTER OF CONSENT FROM THR CCE SENT TO THE SOFTWARE FIRM SAID

giant Microsoft Corporation and Mcgraw-Hill Education, pioneers in science learning, will soon be training students of government colleges in Rajasthan, officials said.

While the former will train students in the use of computer applications, the latter will equip the students with proficiency in a foreign language. Both the training programmes are being held on a pilot basis for now and will kick off in June this year. The programmes have been taken up to broaden the skill set of students and increase their employability, officials said.

Microsoft will train 9,500 students from 50 colleges of the state, a letter of consent from the Commissionerate of College Education (CCE) sent to the software firm last month said. The students will have an eight-hour session a day for three days.

In addition, the firm will also train 500 college teachers in the use of Microsoft Office. The teachers will have eight-hour sessions for five days and will be ushered in the role of master trainers who can further train students. Certification agency Certiport will conduct a test for both the students and the teachers undergoing the training programme and issue them a certificate after assessing their abilities.

On the other hand, McGrawHill Education will teach foreign languages to 100 students selected from four government colleges under the Atithi Bhasha Project of the CCE. The students will be provided with a 300-hour online licensed programme and they can choose one or more languages from Japanese, Chinese, German, French, Spanish and Korean.

A resource person from McGraw-Hill will visit the colleges initially and guide the students. It will also provide a round-the-clock back end support for the beneficiaries, a senior official of the CCE said.