Oracle helping students develop IT Skills

Promoting IT in its own way Oracle has helped students of Kerala ICT Academy to develop industry relevant IT Skills. For this Oracle has planned to support 60 institutes, 6000 students, and 120 faculty members in Kerala for over 2 years.

ICT Academy and Oracle has signed an MoU to implement Oracle Academy’s Computer Science Programs across the state of Kerala. As part of this initiative, Oracle Academy software curriculum, hosted technology, training support and certification resources are expected to be made available to students and faculty. Additionally, 120 faculty members are scheduled to undergo training to help put 6000 students on the pathway to future IT careers.

Oracle will facilitate train the trainer course to ramp up faculty representatives as instructors for six courses including creating Java Programs with Greenfoot, Java Fundamentals, Java Programming, Database Design, Database Programming with SQL, and programming with PL/SQL. Once trained and certified, this faculty is expected to use the Oracle Academy infrastructure to train other faculty members.

Oracle flagship program in education philanthropy, providing education institutions worldwide with software, curriculum, support and certification resources that faculty can integrate into their classrooms. Through hands-on experience with current technologies, students develop skills that can help them be successful in the modern workforce. The Oracle program supports more than 2,40,000 students at more than 1300 educational institutes in India.