IT sector lures women, school dropouts in Hyderabad

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IT sector lures women, school dropouts in Hyderabad

Saturday, 17 November 2007

Hyderabad, November 17: Nineteen-year-old Rukhsana Begum was confined to home after her SSC exams. Her parents did not want her to study any further.

It was then that she heard of a nearby computer education centre, which she saw an opportunity and didn't want to let go of it.

"Initially my parents refused. I requested them to allow me work, but I was told that girls would not be permitted to go outside,” says Rukhsana.

Rukshana joined a free IT course started by Microsoft and Cap Foundation at a training center near her locality and soon she landed up with a job.

"IT is something that is required everywhere, so information of IT is very important for finding a job. Therefore, I would say it is not the creation of IT workforce, but an IT-enabled workforce which will be able to use IT in all kinds of professions,” says Lead-CRS, Microsoft, Vikas Goswami.

In the last one-and-a-half year, Microsoft has trained over 10,000 students through 57 such centers in the country and Cap Foundation claims that almost 80 per cent of them got good placements.

The Cap Foundation says several companies from IT, retail and healthcare are now coming to small cities for recruitment.

"Specifically companies are coming to us asking for a whole lot of candidates,” says Director-Projects, Cap Foundation, Gurpreet Kaur Bhatia.

IT companies like Satyam too have started such small computer coaching centres. This has not only helped these companies to reach out to small towns but also helped them create a cost-effective IT workforce.