[Tugindia] Online Certification

Radhakrishnan CV tugindia@tug.org
11 Oct 2002 15:48:44 +0530


>>>>> "Venkataraman" == S venkataraman <svenkat@ignou.ac.in> writes:


    SV> This is a very good idea.  We can develop some self
    SV> instructional material for the same.  

That is what the tutorials are meant for, but you can add to that.

    SV> If tug want to have a team for developing the material, I
    SV> would like to be a part of it. I can contribute by
    SV> writing/editing the material.  

Excellent, thank you for your offer.

    SV> We can support the students who enrol via e-mail.  We can have
    SV> a separate mailing list for students. We can even have chat
    SV> sessions if necessary. Some of us can do counselling through
    SV> e-mail(again I would like to contribute) and clear doubts of
    SV> the students who enrol.  

That is not the idea of TUGIndia. TUGIndia will act as the best
resource center to examine a candidate and award the certificate to
the successful.

Pre-test training should be taken on a commercial level and agencies
should come forward to offer training by accepting reasonable fees.

TUGIndia cannot and will not take the burden of training prospective
candidates, a volunteer driven charity can seldom succeed. Organized
training is not like a five day tutorial that TUGIndia conduct in an
interested institution. But we will provide the syllabus, course
content and scheme of examination in the site. And will provide a
standardized examination system which any person trained in any
institution across the country can attempt and win through.

    SV> This way we can reach out to more people.  Even people who do
    SV> not volunteer for face to face teaching may volunteer for
    SV> counselling through e-mail because timings are flexible. We
    SV> can run it on a no profit no loss basis.  A tex live CD-ROM
    SV> would be part of the material that we send to the students.
    SV> [S. venkataraman]

Well, Venkat, register a domain, reserve a web space and get on to the
business of online training. TUGIndia can advertise your efforts in
the site.

Best.

-- 
Radhakrishnan