OKCL designs new e-earning academic curriculum

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Bhubaneswar:
The Odisha Knowledge Corporation (OKCL), after setting  up Authorized Learning Centers (ALCs) in
different parts of the State for promotion of IT literacy among the people and
students,  now  has designed a number of new world class
e-earning academic curriculum in vocational training.

These
new offerings have been initiated with the principal objective of promoting
vocational education for enhancing employability of the youth.
This
was deliberated in a high level meeting held under the chairmanship of Chief
Secretary Jugal Kishore Mohapatra here on Friday. Apart from this, the
Corporation has also come up with e-learning courses for mastering High School
Certificate Examinations (HSCE) and AIJEE examination for students of Odisha.
The
Chief Secretary directed the corporation to design university and college
automation models customizing it with the requirement of respective
institutions.
The
meeting revealed that as per earlier directions of the Chief Secretary to
design capacity enhancement courses for BSE and CHSE students, the Corporation
has now initiated Mastering of HSE and AIJEE course on line.
In HSE stream students will be acquainted with multiple choice questions in
10 subjects. There will be around 50 tests. The students can improve their
learning standards and performance level by practicing these questions on line.
The corporation has also designed model preliminary mock tests (on line &
OMR based) in physics, chemistry and mathematics in AIJEE format.  Besides, the online  WAVE (World-Class Academy for
Vocational Excellence)  training courses
like WAVE Certificate in Financial Accounting, Image Editing, Content
Illustration, Web Designing, Desktop Publishing, 2-D Animation, Video Auditing,
Hardware and Networking, Programming in C and Programming in C++ etc have been
designed by the corporation.
In
the meanwhile OKCL has already registered 224 ALCs in different parts of the
State. A total number of 2021 learners have been registered so far in these
centers out of which 79.25% have been awarded OS-CIT (Odisha State Certificate
in Information Technology). It has been decided in principle that mastering HSC
and AIJEE examination courses will be made available to students through ALCs
and common service centers.
It
has been decided in the meeting that the automation systems will be piloted in
6 Govt Colleges at the initial level. It is expected that this new automation
system will decrease work load on the college 
offices and will facilitate teaching learning performances in the
colleges Chief Secretary Sri Mohapatra 
has directed the Corporation to integrate the new automation system with
SAMS already in operation in colleges 
for better productivity.
Higher
Education secretary Gagan Dhal, Nominee 
Director of MKCL Vivek Sawant, 
CMD MKCL Santosh Birari, Manager Business Development OKCL Pramod Rout
along with other senior officers participated in the discussions.

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