NIIT has entered into an agreement with Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to help create ICT infrastructure and foster international software talent in the African continent.
As part of this capacity building and skill development endeavour, NIIT and CII will share high quality education resources from India and involve other appropriate players from the Indian industry to help Africa develop human capital for the global IT industry.
Under the agreement, NIIT will provide relevant IT curricula in line with international IT trends, and content for IT, soft skills and entrepreneurship for training in universities and colleges in Africa. CII on the other hand will facilitate internship with the Indian industry.
"Our endeavour in this capacity building partnership is to scale up the offering of quality educational resources and methodology from NIIT, to foster talent in Africa for global IT industry," P Rajendran, Chief Operating Officer, NIIT said.
NIIT and CII will work together and explore modalities of embedding NIIT's industry endorsed IT training programs in the curriculum of universities and colleges in Africa, under its 'NIIT Inside' model. Both organisations will also look at possibilities of establishing 'centers of excellence' for talent development in different African countries.
"We are confident that together with CII, we will be able to accelerate talent growth and push forward development of ICT in Africa, at a fast pace," Rajendran added.
Source: i4d
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