Ignou moves to join students with recruiters
IGNOU has now moved to correct the non-collection of all-right to take the radical party to form an alliance with aspiring minds, evaluation and recruitment company that assesses the three million students, to ensure students play and employment, and create a benchmark for a wide range of employability, he said (essentially a manual of what needs to at least land a job in particular).
Aspiring Minds was founded by alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
"Yes, there is a problem of perception, and this initiative, which will go. Our curriculum is on par with top universities offer regular courses, but we do not receive much importance on what they do, because the investment situation. This work change the way we look at ourselves and our students, "said Indu Uprety, Deputy Director, Investments, IGNOU.
Uprety said that students in northern India would be the first to examine the evaluation because "they have limited opportunities."
The evaluation was based on a computerized test of skills, personality and knowledge of the subject, says Himanshu Aggarwal, co-founder and director of aspiring minds. Within two days of the test, students receive an evaluation report of seven pages. And according to their employability, minds connect candidates to recruiters, says Aggarwal.
The company does not charge for testing of the first year, next year will be in charge of Rs.400 for students taking the exam. "Our income comes from the student's placement and if we can make 1000 IGNOU students placed in the first year, then we will win" enough, Aggarwal said he expects about half a million students from s' to sit for this test year and said the company is equipped to handle that number.
While a briefing note for the five-year plan from 2012, says India seeks to provide 10 million students enrolled in schools, the Ministry of Human Resource Development has an ambitious target of 25 million students will more than the gross ratio in secondary schools from 12.4% to 30%. Both central and local governments say the open and distance education plays an important role in this area.
Founded in 1985, IGNOU offers education through open and distance education. University of the people, as it is called, offers 338 programs of study and courses of at least 3,500 in each level of the certificate of one to a PhD.
The student said that the link to the evaluation made recruiters a good initiative.
"It looks promising because it connects students to the houses of the company. Getting an interview call based on your strength will only benefit the students," said Lalatendu Mahal, a student of a training course Teachers from IGNOU. Mahal, which is based in Ignou Hyderabad, said he plans to pass the test.
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