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Oracle to help engineering students in updating their skills

HYDERABAD: The IT major Oracle will help over 50,000 engineering students in government and private colleges in Andhra Pradesh in updating their skills. The Institute of Electronic Governance (IEG), which leads Andhra Pradesh government's Jawahar Knowledge Centre (JKC) initiative, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oracle India Private Limited and the Oracle Academy.

Under the MoU, Oracle will support the reform processes initiated by the state government and expose over 50,000 students in 342 private and public engineering and MCA (Masters in Computer Applications) colleges in the state to Oracle Academy's business and technology curriculum over a period of two years.