Early Times Report Udhampur, Sept 10: NIIT, Jammu is conducting an IT Certificate course, for girls, at Thanamandi. This course, being conducted with the aim of teaching basic computer skills and the use of internet, as a part of the endeavour being made by Rashtriya Rifles Battalions under Counter Insurgency Force (Romeo) to empower women in the region. 14 students of class XI and XII of Govt High School, Thanamandi are attending the IT course being conducted from 6 Sep to 21 Sep 2013. On successful completion of the course, a certificate will be issued to all the participants, by NIIT, Jammu. Rahul Sharma, Director NIIT, Jammu inaugurated the course. While speaking on the occasion, he appreciated the efforts being made by the Army for educating girls in this remote area. He further said that women are playing a major role in development of the IT industry all over the world and he advised the students participating in the course to treat this as a stepping-stone to attaining further expertise in this field. Sayima Parveen of class XII expressed her delight on getting selected for this course, which she feels is a golden opportunity for her to learn computers as there are no facilities of this standard available in the area. All students have demanded for more such courses to be conducted in the future so that they can learn the latest in IT. |