THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Information and Communication Technology Academy of Kerala (ICTAK) will be
inaugurated by Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at Hotel Taj Vivanta here on Tuesday at 5 pm. Education Minister P K Abdu Rabb would launch the academy’s learning management system called ‘Paadashala’ and Minister for Industries and IT P K Kunhalikutty would preside over the function.
ICTAK CEO Santhosh Kurup said that the academy would act as a bridge between the engineering students and the industry.
“Around 80 per cent of the graduates are not able to pass the hiring procedures even after they pass the entrance exams.
Our main objective is to impart industry relevant ICT skills to students,” Santhosh Kurup said at a press meet here on Monday. He said the academy would give an orientation programme to degree students from their first-year in college itself.