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NIIT to train 1.9 million students in govt schools

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BS Reporter Mumbai

NIIT will be training nearly 1.3 million students in 500 state government schools in Maharashtra and 600,000 children in 400 schools in Bihar in the next five years.

Its computer assisted learning model will provide a network of 10 computers and one server in each school backed by a UPS and generator to enable continuous power back up, thus bringing a large number of students from remote corners of the states into IT fold.

 

The company will provide computer hardware, software, connected accessories, highly trained instructors for classes 8 to 12 in specified secondary and higher secondary govt schools on turn-key basis model for a period of five years in the two states.

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First Published: Jun 05 2008 | 12:22 PM IST

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