Certification course may be made mandatory. Engineering students may have to take a certification course offered by IT product and service companies mandatorily and a proposal in this regard is being put before the Vice-Chancellors of Technological Universities by the A.P. Society for Knowledge Networks (APSFKNW) that runs the Jawahar Knowledge Centres (JKCs) in engineering colleges.
The issue will come up for discussion at a meeting being planned by the APSFKNW with the JNTU Vice-Chancellors and the representatives of the industry this month. Amarnath Reddy Atmakuri, CEO of APSFKNW said that less then 5,000 students had opted for certification courses offered in the JKCs out of the 60,000 odd-students who join JKCs for skill training.
