Tuesday 22 May 2012 Government 2.0: The Road Ahead
Free IT education in northeast soon

Institution for promotion of education and culture Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan will provide free IT education to the youth of northeast India

Agartala: Institution for promotion of education and culture Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan will provide free information technology (IT) education to the youth of northeast India.

"The Bhavan would set up Gandhi Institution of Information Technology (GIIT) centres at Guwahati, Jorhat in Assam, Shillong, Agartala, Kohima, and Gangtok," Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan Regional Director KV Gopalkrishnan said.

These institutes are being set up under the Prime Minister's special fund to provide three months free IT education to local youth in the region. The Bhavan has already set up 30 GIITs in various parts of the country, reports IANS.

The 70-year-old Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan has 112 institutes in India, eight overseas centres in the UK, US, Canada, Portugal, South Africa, Kuwait, Mexico and Australia and 280 constituent institutions, besides a number of affiliated colleges.

Well this can be an important precursor to things like a possible social environment envisioned to come where IT education would be given to citizens on a platter in lieu of other benefits by them like contributing to ITeS excellence in the country. It is almost a necessity, I feel. Thanks!

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