Education, Careers & Professional News
Degree colleges preparing candidates for IT jobs
Source
THE HINDU
Date
2005-08-09
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Leading degree colleges in Dakshina Kannada have geared up to train their final year students to suit the job market in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and Information Technology (IT) sector after Progeon, an Infosys company, recently trained some college teachers to train students for the jobs.
A few other companies in the two sectors are looking at degree students in semi-urban and urban areas in the district as potential employees.
Progeon recently imparted a 21-day training to select teachers from colleges in Dakshina Kannada, Udupi and Uttara Kannada districts at its Mysore unit. The training was mainly on developing communicative, analytical, language and soft skills among students. Teachers from all leading degree colleges from Dakshina Kannada took part in the same.
Later, the company held a principals conclave for two days to make principals understand the need to train their students.
Sources told The Hindu that there is no contract that trained students should be absorbed only by Infosys or its subsidiaries.
It is not binding on the part of the colleges to train students to the requirements of only that company. Following this, leading colleges in the district have started training students to improve their personality to suit the requirement of the market when they complete the course next year.
S. Yashovarma, principal of Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheswara College, Ujire, told The Hindu that five teachers from the college participated in the training programme.
The college has opened a separate cell with two full-time teachers to train students. At present, 90 final year students from different disciplines are trained in the college.
Samuel Maben, principal of Vijaya College, Mulki, said 60 students are being trained in the college for one month under the programme. B. Sridhar Bhat, principal of Vivekananda College, Puttur, said the college is planning to train at least 50 students this academic year. The college has been training students in spoken English for the past three years. Mr. Bhat said so far these companies were focusing on recruiting engineering graduates.
Of late, these colleges have been approaching degree colleges even located in semi-urban areas to recruit degree holders.
Krishna Jois, principal, Govindadasa College, Surathkal, said the college has planned to train 25 students in this academic year. Three teachers from the college underwent training in Mysore.
Damodar Gowda, principal, Nehru Memorial College, Sullia, said one teacher from the college underwent training.