IEG, Oracle to rollout program for students

Institute for Electronic Governance (IEG) signed a memorandum of
understanding (MoU) with Oracle India and Oracle Academy to introduce the Oracle
Academy's business and technology curriculum to students in Andhra Pradesh.

The IEG, which leads the State's Jawahar Knowledge Center initiative, will
work with Oracle to rollout the program to 342 engineering colleges that are
part of the initiative.

The program will be offered to more than 50,000 students over a two-year
period.

In addition, 342 Jawahar Knowledge Center faculty members will receive
intensive training in the Oracle Academy curri­culum. Students from Andhra
Pradesh will join the more than 1,03,000 students from over 900 education
institutions in the Asia-Pacific region who have already benefited from the
Oracle Academy program.