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| NIIT announces tie up with Adobe |
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Company Brief
New Delhi, November 27, 2008
NIIT, leading Global Talent Development Corporation, together with Adobe, today announced the launch of- first ever state-of-art NIIT e-GURU Web & Multimedia curriculum for school children, based on world-class Adobe Creative Suite of Products
The newly launched curriculum will cover the Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection, which will include- Photoshop, Illustrator, Flash, Premiere, Encore, Soundbooth, AfterEffects, Fireworks, Dreamweaver.
The primary objective of introducing such a curriculum is to provide a comprehensive web & multimedia curriculum, based on the widely used professional software from Adobe. This will give students aspiring for a career in domains like website designing, video editing and sound editing an early access to professional creative tools. NIIT and Adobe will work together to bring the benefit of multimedia learning to all the stake holders in the schools segment, viz. students, teachers, school management, government, and administrators.
According to Mr. L Balasubramanian, President, School Learning Solutions, NIIT, �The NIIT e-GURU Web & Multimedia curriculum for school children, based on Adobe Creative Suite of Products, will offer a perfect blend of multimedia applications, web technology, communication technology and also soft skills for the students who are aspiring to be world class multimedia professionals.
We are confident that the NIIT- Adobe alliance for the school learning space will help combine NIIT�s strong pedagogy with Adobe�s expertise in the Web & Multimedia realm, to offer enhanced value to schools.� added Mr. Balasubramanian.
With the advent of web 2.0 technologies and the advancement in digital photography and video- citizens of the future are increasingly going to interact with the world community through multimedia interfaces on websites like Youtube, Facebook. This makes acquiring skills in multimedia and web 2.0 technologies all the more necessary. NIIT e-GURU Web & Multimedia curriculum will be the first multimedia and life-skills module offered to school students covering the latest multimedia, web and communication technologies. The course curriculum and content is designed as per international standards. The Project Based Learning module of the curriculum inculcates freedom of thought and action which develops proactive thinking and decision making in each and every student
"Adobe and NIIT have partnered together to deliver a full fledged web and multimedia program based upon Adobe Creative Suite products for schools across India. NIIT e-GURU Web & Multimedia curriculum, is an unique program that takes care of all the requirements of the schools by providing them with technology, content, teaching & learning materials, consultancy, training and support to integrate cutting edge multimedia education in the school. This would make teaching digital media skills easier and more exciting than ever", says Sandeep Mehrotra, Director-Sales at Adobe India.
"With state of the art and standards-aligned curriculum- the NIIT e-GURU Web & Multimedia curriculum designed by NIIT, teachers and students new to Adobe software can quickly learn these tools used by industry professionals. In addition, features in Adobe Creative Suite would bring greater levels of productivity and fun to classrooms,� adds Mr. Mehrotra.
The comprehensive range for schools, NIIT e-GURU comprises of �Interactive Classrooms� for teachers, �Math lab� and �IT Wizard� for students, and �Quick School� an Education Resource Planning solution for school management. NIIT e-GURU provides a holistic education package to the schools, that addresses the needs of all key stakeholders within the education realm�Students, Teachers, School management and Parents. The NIIT- Adobe alliance further strengthens the IT Wizard portfolio of NIIT e-GURU.
It may be recalled, NIIT had entered into a strategic global alliance with Adobe in October 2007 to create talent pool for Design, Web, Mobile and Interactive Media for professionals. With the current alliance in the School Learning space, NIIT is now well poised to address the demands of Web & Multimedia opportunities both in the school segment and in the professional domain.
For further information, please contact:
NIIT
Prateek Chatterjee
Tel: +91 124 4293041
Email: [email protected] |
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