Singapore,
11 March 2002
Informatics
News Releases in INQ7
Local IT school partners, with Singaporean firms
FILIPINO
graduates of the Informatics Computer Institute,
a Singapore-born information technology school that
operates in the Philippines, will have the chance
to work for Singaporean firms through the school's
Informatics Certified Professional program (ICP),
school officials said.
The Informatics
Holdings Ltd and the Infocomm Development Authority
of Singapore signed recently a memorandum of intent,
an initial agreement that hopes to provide Filipino
IT professionals an opportunity to work abroad.
In the agreement, graduates of the program will
get the first crack at career opportunities in Singapore,
Informatics officials said.The ICP is a two-track
course: one deals with Web development, while the
other deals with Internet applications development.
The Web development course runs for 105 hours, while
the Internet applications development course for
119 hours.
The Web
development course teaches basic to advance development
tools such as I-Net+, dynamic HTML (hypertext mark-up
language for the Web), Macromedia Flash, Adobe Photoshop
and other existing tools used in today's Web
development. The Internet applications development
course, on the other hand, features courses in Java
and other Internet programming tools.
Established
in 1983 in Singapore, Informatics now boasts of
a global network of schools. It currently operates
in more than 400 centers in over 35 countries in
Asia, Europe, Africa, and South America.In 1994,
a local Informatics subsidiary was established.
One of the first schools was established in SM Megamall,
one of the largest malls in Metro Manila. Since
then, the school has grown to more than 40 centers
and 100 partner schools.
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The Informatics
Emerging Markets Business Development Unit (EMBDU),
is made up of a team of highly experienced business
managers that facilitate the Informatics businesses
in the countries outside the major markets of Informatics.
The main objectives of the team fall within the
purview of Informatics' emphasis on business sales
and growth in developing markets.
Currently,
EMBDU has 23 countries to take care of, namely:
Belize, Brunei, Cambodia, Dubai, Ghana, Greece,
India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, Korea, Laos, Maldives,
Mauritius, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and other new
markets.
ABOUT
INFORMATICS GROUP
The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a
multinational corporation providing lifelong learning
services in information technology and business
management. Through its international franchising
program and strategic acquisitions, Informatics
presently has a global network of more than 647
centres spanning more than 50 countries. The company
presently offers the following products: Informatics
Institute, Thames Business School, Informatics Professional
Development Centre, CAL Learning Centre, Cambridge
Child Development Centre, RACC, NCC licensing and
PurpleTrain.com licensing. For more information,
please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com
ABOUT PURPLETRAIN.COM
PurpleTrain.com is the e-learning service provider,
which offers a one-stop service for business and
IT education programs, corporate training courses
and education-related services.
By combining
innovative technology with world-class training
content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals
a high value, quality and effective online training
solution. Over 700 online courses are available,
offering PhDs, masters, degrees, diplomas and certificates
in business and IT programs. Its e-community now
stands at over 67,000 users.
PurpleTrain.com
is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings
Limited, a leading training and education provider
listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Please visit
http://www.purpletrain.com
for more details.
For more
information, please contact:
Lawrence Wee
Vice President – Emerging Markets Business
Development Unit
Email:
lweetk@informaticsgroup.com
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