Oracle to train Kerala engineering students

Kochi: Oracle India and Startup Village here have joined hands to train more than 30,000 students and 200 teachers in over 100 engineering colleges in Kerala in Java programming language, according to the state IT department.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to this effect will be signed on Nov 2 here.

Oracle will provide the curriculum, training of faculty and access to a secure online learning environment for students to develop programming and database design.

The Startup Village, located at Kinfra Hi-Tech Park, has been set up jointly by the National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board (NSTEDB) and the Kerala government-run Technopark, in collaboration with MobME wireless.