Oracle Academy gearing up for spring semester in India

Representatives of Oracle India have announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the Karnataka Directorate of Technical Education to introduce the Oracle Academy program in 100 polytechnic institutes in Karnataka.

The Oracle Academy will be supplying a $5.4 million in-kind grant to provide curriculum, software and professional development over the next two years. In the first phase, fifty polytechnic institutes will teach the Oracle course in spring the semester of 2007.

With this agreement, Oracle Academy in India now involves over 30,000 students in over 200 educational institutions receiving $255 million in in-kind grants.

The Oracle Academy currently serves 6,675 students in 267 schools in countries across the Asia Pacific region, including in China, Hong Kong and India. Through other education initiatives, Oracle provides access to Oracle technologies and resources for over 200,000 students in the region.