IIT has tied up with Rotary Club to impart IT education to the youth from the low-income strata in Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

In association with Rotary District 3200, NIIT has already started the programme as part of the World Computer Literacy Day 2004.

Announcing details of the pilot project which will be implemented in the country and abroad, chief minister Aboobacker, also the Rotary District governor, said the programme would be set in motion across nine districts of Kerala and three districts in Tamil Nadu. 

It will help around 2,500 youth get basic computer lessons, free of cost.

A hundred and forty Rotary Clubs from these districts will select trainees for this programme, and the training will be held at the nearest NIIT centre.

NIIT charges Rs 1,250 per person for the 12-hour programme, typically. As part of the joint venture initiative, it will provide Swift Jyoti, its newly devised 12-hour basic programme for the Rotary Club at Rs 350.

The Rotary Club also announced that literacy programmes, water management and healthcare are core areas of its social work globally this year.

The Club in India stresses on computer literacy since it is directly linked with job opportunities.

An NIIT spokesperson said it would impart Swift Jyoti across 3,500 centres in 33 countries.

In December 2004 alone, the company will help 1,00,000 people become computer literate as part of its World Computer Literacy Day initiative.

So far, the company has trained students in 2,000 government schools in states like Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

Aboobacker stressed that the Rotary Club will give utmost importance to developments in IT globally.

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