New Delhi: On Thursday i.e. onSeptember 9, 2010, the National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) said that it has signed an agreement with Aria Institute of Higher Education of Afghanistan. NIIT has signed the agreement with an aim to create a pool of IT professionals in that country.
According to the agreement, NIIT will offer educational programmes in software engineering and networking. The duration of the programmes would range from six months to two years. Ajai Manohar Lal, Senior Vice President, International Education Business (IT), NIIT, has said that it has been their endeavor to introduce programmes which prepare students to take on global assignments in IT.
Furthermore, the company has also said the students will be benefited by getting access to the latest curriculum and online learning portals. Presently, NIIT under its IT education vertical trains five million students in 40 countries.
