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NIIT to concentrate on e-learning, co-branding of products
Mumbai, Apr 11: NIIT Ltd is to concentrate on its online educational initiatives as the information technology (IT) education major expects the rollout of broadband in India to facilitate its growth, even as the company is planning for a co-branding of curriculum in the country.
Mumbai, Apr 11: NIIT Ltd is to concentrate on its
online educational initiatives as the information technology
(IT) education major expects the rollout of broadband in India
to facilitate its growth, even as the company is planning for
a co-branding of curriculum in the country.
"The time of e-learning is here and we think it is the
right time to launch enhance our presence in the e-learning
space," NIIT chief operating officer Vijay K Thadani told
visiting journalists in New Delhi.
The thrust is to provide a blended e-learning model, which would be mixture of both online and offline modules, he said, adding NIIT would concentrate on an "industry endorsed curriculum".
Quoting a National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) study, he said india would need six million software professionals by 2010 and added that e-learning would be ideal vehicle to impart education. However, NIIT does not expect any revenues from these initiatives. "No company in the world has ever made money from e-learning and we are only looking at it as an addition to our bouquet of services," he said.
The it training and education major is also scouting for new alliances and partnerships with schools, universities and state governments in the country, he said.
At present, NIIT has affiliations with Karnataka State Open University, B R Ambedkar Open University and Kerala government among others and a similar tie-up is being scouted for with other educational institutions and governments, Thadani said.
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The thrust is to provide a blended e-learning model, which would be mixture of both online and offline modules, he said, adding NIIT would concentrate on an "industry endorsed curriculum".
Quoting a National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) study, he said india would need six million software professionals by 2010 and added that e-learning would be ideal vehicle to impart education. However, NIIT does not expect any revenues from these initiatives. "No company in the world has ever made money from e-learning and we are only looking at it as an addition to our bouquet of services," he said.
The it training and education major is also scouting for new alliances and partnerships with schools, universities and state governments in the country, he said.
At present, NIIT has affiliations with Karnataka State Open University, B R Ambedkar Open University and Kerala government among others and a similar tie-up is being scouted for with other educational institutions and governments, Thadani said.
Bureau Report